Thursday 8th May 2014 by Michael Baggs

Nine Inch Nails frontman, the perpetually furious Trent Reznor, has hit out at the rock scene in 2014, accusing bands of being 'cowards' and saying that the scene has become 'stale', with bands only recording music for 'hip blogs'. He's got a point, but at the same time - he is massively wrong...

Rock music has never seemed stronger than it does in 2014. There are a number of brilliant new bands on the scene, with some even threatening to give the mainstream a good kicking, so widespread their appeal is becoming. Guitar bands are back and the heavier the better.

So, if you, like Trent Reznor reckon that the rock scene has become stale, here are 11 new rock bands that you should be listening to right now, none of which we'd say were cowardly in the slightest...