Contenders of the Young Artist Contest -

ENG version AntyRefleks – Our ideal life is far from job promotions and Excel spreadsheets. We prefer to spend our weekends having fun on stage and sharing our energy with fans. For now, we’re going all in — there’s still time for PhDs later! We play rock music. Some have compared us to Guns N’ Roses, others to Lady Pank or Ira. Despite being relatively new to the Polish rock scene, we’ve managed to play five full-fledged concert tours across Poland, including both our own headline shows and support gigs. In 2024, we won the qualifiers for the 30th edition of the Pol’and’Rock Festival and performed at the biggest festival in Poland! In April this year, we released our latest single “Kasyno”, which is available on YouTube with a music video and on all streaming platforms. We’re currently putting the final touches on our debut album, which will be released in 2025.

Dekoder is a Polish band based in Poznań. The band is distinguished by its combination of classical-sounding piano combined with distorted guitars and female vocals. In March 2024, the band released their first EP entitled “Supsense”, containing 4 songs. Just a month and a half later, in May, there was a half-split of the band, as the band had to say goodbye first to the drummer, and a few weeks later to the guitarist, which almost caused the band to cease functioning. From then on, for the next six months, the band was actually a duo, whose members were Nastya Day (vocals, piano, guitar) and Kam (electric and bass guitar). During that time, the band focused on composing new music and improving the existing one, as well as looking for new band members. guitarist Denis joined. In October, the band was joined by drummer Bartek, who initially served as a session drummer, but after successful performances he decided to stay in the band permanently.

Echoteka is a Warsaw-based band active since 2023. Their music blends elements of alternative and post-rock. While their sound initially drew inspiration from bands like Radiohead and The Cure, Echoteka has since developed a distinctive style of their own. They recently self-released their debut album, *Echoteka*, and are currently focused on promoting it, planning a concert tour, and creating new material. The band is composed of seasoned live performers, and despite their relatively short career, they have already had the opportunity to support the American band Horse Jumper of Love and perform live on Radio Kielce.

We are FUZ – a band from Kraków born out of friendship and a passion for playing music with true energy. We aim to reignite the spirit of rock’n’roll by blending progressive riffs with danceable yet unconventional structures. We started in a small Kraków apartment, without experience but full of drive. A turning point came when we met Liam MacMhurri – an Irish rock veteran who lent us equipment and gave us confidence. In 2024, we played our first concert. Since then, we’ve changed band members, learned production, and built our own studio from recycled materials. In 2025, we recorded our debut single “DOWN”, accompanied by a professionally produced video created together with the Warsaw-based film collective aware_film_pictures. Today, we keep playing, creating music that stays with people forever.

Gilzy – Krakow based grunge/punk band. A mixture of blazing fast punk beats, alternative vibes and heavy riffs embellished with furiously screamed vocals. Band’s debut album – Extraordinary Laziness – was released on streaming platforms on September 2024, combining diverse sounds and inspirations from genres like: punk rock, blues, or even funk music, with elements of psychedelia, and lyrics touching on topics such as mental disorders or modern problems of society. Basiaclly we play what we want and how we want, weaving elements of performance into our gigs.

How We Met is a pop punk / Californian punk rock band formed in 2022 in Olsztyn, Poland. The group consists of Oscar Jensen (vocals, rhythm guitar), Mikołaj Malicki (drums), Hubert Kobus (bass), and Mateusz Mroczkowski (lead guitar). Their music blends modern energy with teenage nostalgia, and their shows are described as explosive and full of life. They released their debut album GoodA$$ Memories and the single Better Days, a preview of their upcoming second record. Their Polish-language track Grała na gitarze was named Spring Single of 2023 by Polska Muzyka Alternatywna. In 2024, they won the Hitem na Scenę contest, performing alongside Brodka and Strachy na Lachy. They played at WOŚP finales and Kortowiada 2025 as winners of the Kortofest competition. In 2025, they won Eska ROCK Star and will perform at Colours of Ostrava 2025 alongside Sting, Iggy Pop, and Snow Patrol.

Inclusion to podkrakowski zespół grający Alternative Metal. Elementami charakterystycznymi dla twórczości zespołu są emocje oraz energia, które niezmiennie wypełniają koncerty. Muzyka oparta jest na głośnych gitarowych riffach, ciasnej sekcji rytmicznej oraz melodyjnym wokalu. Całość zachowuje muzyczną przestrzeń z ciężkim, nowoczesnym brzmieniem. Zespół posiada na koncie trzy EPki, album The First Sound of Mars oraz kilka singli. Grupa zagrała ponad 150 koncertów w Polsce i za granicą, w tym jako headliner: Ruhrcomer Kick-Off w Bochum, Kiełpiniec Blues Festival czy Kraków Rock House Festival, jak również została doceniona na wielu przeglądach i konkursach m.in. na międzynarodowym Liheń Festival. Inclusion wygrali Antyfest Antyradia, wystąpili na Dużej Scenie Pol’and’Rock oraz zagrali kilkanaście koncertów u boku Nocnego Kochanka. Zespół otrzymał nominację do nagrody Zespołu Rocku Antyradia.

Isaac Goldenberg is a band from Poland playing music that blends elements of post-punk, coldwave, shoegaze, and alternative. We formed in 2022 out of a need to express anxiety, melancholy, and the everyday sense of being lost in the modern world. Our songs explore themes of loneliness, fear, growing up, and the search for meaning. The lyrics are honest, often painful, grounded in a bleak reality—but not without hope. Musically, we combine dark, hazy guitars with cold synths. We create tracks that build tension and unease, sometimes leading into a trance-like state. In 2024, we released our debut EP, Zimy EP, which includes tracks like “czarne wrony” and “boję się.” That same year, we won awards at the Łomot and Rockowania 2024 showcases, which opened the door to further opportunities—concerts, recordings, and continued growth. In 2025, we released the single Tak już jest, marking a new, more mature phase of our sound. We are currently working on new material, which will be released

kresy is a post-punk and art-rock band, based in the polish city of Lodz, active since late 2022. The group released two EPs, “Lumer”and “Kolejny Miękki Sen,” through Peleton Records label, clearly establishing their presence in the Polish independent music scene. Even before the release of their second work, the band became finalists in the Gazeta Wyborcza Sanki 2023 poll, highlighting the most interesting new faces in the national music scene. Within a year, the band performed at several concerts, including festivals such as Great September. Last year, in August, band performed at OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland. This year, the band got the opportunity to play during Sharpe Festival in Bratislava and also during Changeover Festival in Belgrade. Members of kresy include: Jan Kępiński – guitar and vocals Błażej Szyzdek – guitar Hubert Grygiel – bass Maciej Nowacki – drums

Kruczy Sen is a Polish four-person independent band. They do everything themselves, from creating songs and graphics, through recordings with mixing and mastering, to booking concerts. On their debut album “Pierwszy Lot” (First fly) you will find 10 original songs, mostly in Polish, which tell stories such as fatigue, a mythical mountain, and Rapunzel turning into a striga. Two songs are in an invented language based on today’s Slavic languages ​​and on the Proto-Slavic language. They create melodies in a folk atmosphere, with a touch of stoner, and sometimes it’s just rock telling a chosen fairy tale in words. Each member of the band took an active part in the creation of Pierwsze Lot, which is why individual songs differ in style and atmosphere. In 2024, they had the pleasure of appearing, among others. at the Rebel Song Festival, WAZA Fest and win the Wrocław AEStrada competition. I hope you will find a part of yourself in their songs.

Hi all, We are Last Riot, and we are djent / metalcore band from Poznan,Poland! Band was founded in 2018 by two brothers: Czarek and Kuba Malinowski, who took up positions as guitarist. Vocalist, Adrian Walczak joined in 2020, bassist Oliver Jakubowicz joined in 2022 and drummer Karol Jelonkiewicz joined in 2024. In 2020 the band officially greeted the world with the single ,,Wannabe,” while at the end of 2022 the first EP was released: , “I Was Rose, You Were Thorn”. Since then, the band has been working on its sound, culminating in the single , “Bleeding Artistry”. Since then, the band has recorded material for its first full-length album, which it plans to release soon.

Leepy, four ambitious musicians with open minds and a huge supply of joy of creation. The band was formed in 2021, in Tychy. Their music is alternative rock, combined with a huge dose of energy at concerts. It all comes from them straight from the heart, and the stage is a place for them where they can be fully themselves. At the beginning of 2024, they presented their debut album entitled “Fatum”, which has been receiving enthusiastic reviews.

Sleepwalkers of the Dead are a Poznan-based band who, since 2018, have been constantly searching for new ways of telling the ineffable with sound. Their work balances between cold wave, post-punk, ambient music and psychedelia, creating a unique world of sonic tension, emotion and reflection. Lunatycy is not just a band – it is an artistic phenomenon that bursts the formula of a traditional concert, combining shamanic performance, collective therapy and poetic protest against the absurdities of modernity. Sound and aesthetics Their distinctive ‘lunatic sound’ combines dreamy guitars, pulsating bass and hypnotic percussion, constantly evolving towards improvisation, noise and ambient depth. Lunatyk’s concerts are sonic journeys during which listeners are transported to the space of Pom|ędzY – a non-place that is a metaphor for mental isolation and social dispersion. It is here that melancholy meets irony, and childlike melodicism sits side by side with dirty industrial jazz.

The band was formed in Zielona Góra, born out of a shared passion for music among a group of young people, each as different as the four seasons. When they first started syncing their sounds in a 30-square-meter rehearsal room at a private music teacher’s place, they had no idea this adventure would grow into a long-lasting, creative friendship. And that’s how METEROIDS came to life. Their first concert, where they blended the sounds of Metallica with Led Zeppelin, was prophetically named by the organizer: “Stars and Starlets.” Over the years, their mix of styles and personalities has exploded into a fusion of unique sounds… heavy rock riffs, intriguing melodies, powerful vocals, energetic accents — all modernly enhanced with electronic vibes — like a mashup of Sleep Token and Linkin Park.

mimikyu is a Szczecin-based band that, in its own way, draws from various regions of the broadly defined rock and alternative scene. They debuted in 2023 with the album “nagrania roku bieżącego” on which the band’s founders Kacper Stefanowski(guitar) and Kajetan Płonka(vocals) interestingly translated cold wave and post-punk into their language. The next CD, already recorded with the full lineup, is definitely more mature material, both in terms of music and lyrics. On the one hand, it sounds very original, as evidenced by how difficult it is to find unambiguous reference points for mimikyu on the Polish scene. On the other hand, an attentive ear will catch that the band members certainly absorb the most interesting phenomena of the world scene such as Viagra Boys or Fontaines D.C. On mimikyu’s recently released second album, “Grymas,” one will hear punk ferocity in “Mętlik”, drum’n’bass fling in “Nie Ma Lekko”, great hit single “Winny” and other fantastic songs.

My Own Abyss is a metalcore band from Krakow, Poland, known for blending crushing breakdowns with melodic choruses, crafting a sound that fuses classic metalcore with modern energy. Formed in 2018, they debuted with the “ABYSS” EP and gained attention through metalcore covers of pop hits like “Sweet But Psycho” (2019) and “Flowers” (2023). Their 2023 singles – “Let’s Go W!LD”, “The First Nail”, and “Without Control” – led to the release of their “DEAD END” EP in April 2024, followed by the single “Memories” in October. In 2025, they released “Taki Sam,” their first Polish-language track, marking a bold evolution. Known for high-energy live shows, they’ve shared the stage with acts like Paledusk, Space of Variations, and many more across Poland and neighboring countries. On June 11, 2025, they are set to perform at Rock for People, one of Europe’s leading alternative music festivals, further solidifying their growth in the music scene.

Niadara is an alternative band from Poland, established in 2015 by Karol Caputa. Our music is based on california rock scene with new wave elements like syths and electro sounds. We blend few different genres like rock, trap, hip hop and pop.

On The Quiet to zespół z Trójmiasta, który stawia na energię i mocne brzmienie. Nasza twórczość to mieszanka intensywnego hard rocka z innymi gatunkami muzycznymi – ciężkie riffy, melodyjne solówki i dynamiczne linie basu oraz perkusji łączą się z wyrazistym, kobiecym wokalem. Gramy szybko, głośno i bez schematów. Zespół powstał latem 2021 roku, a obecny skład uformował się na początku 2024. Mamy na koncie m.in. zwycięstwo w przeglądzie kapel Underground Night, trzy występy na gdańskich Technikaliach (2023, 2024, 2025), gdzie mieliśmy okazję dzielić scenę m.in. z Happysad, Video, Igo i Young Leosią. Obecnie promujemy nasze najnowsze wydanie “We’re Out”, na którym znajdzie się siedem nowych utworów.

Hi! We are Polimorfizm from Wrocław – Aleks (vocals), Kuba and Damian (guitars), Kornel (bass), and Maciek (drums). We play rock inspired by the ‘70s and ‘80s, but love blending in heavy metal, blues, and pop. Last year we released our debut album, played unforgettable gigs with respected artists, and took part in the Pol’And’Rock Festival qualifiers. We’ve learned that music is more than sound – it’s about emotions that bring people together. Each show teaches us something new and drives us to grow. We’re currently creating fresh material – different, passionate, emotional, and honest. Our diverse inspirations shape our sound – that’s the essence of polimorfizm. Polimorfizm is for everyone – a powerful, emotional, sometimes raw, sometimes soothing escape from everyday chaos. Our album features 16 tracks about love, life, sorrow, and joy – the things that connect us all.

Three friends from Wrocław (two from Jura, to be exact). We’ve been playing together since March 2022. For two years, we were part of the Thirdeye collective (Zdechły Osa, Eter, Yann), backing Yann live and hitting some of Poland’s biggest festivals — Off, Męskie Granie, TNM. Eventually, we broke away from the gritty street-punk scene to focus fully on our own sound — loud, wild, and way more honest. We swap instruments mid-set, thrive on chaos, and live shows are where we hit hardest. Last fall, we played 14 cities with the Ultimate Emo Party tour run by Wrocław’s label 71 — sold out a few clubs. Altogether, we’ve played close to 100 gigs across Poland. This summer, we’re aiming bigger — we’ve made it to the Jarocin Festival semifinals. Once they catch our live set, there’s no turning back.

Rascal – a speed metal band from Warsaw established in 2019. They orbit around the new wave of speed metal with classic heavy and thrash influences. Their sound is fast, melodic, fast, oldschool, diverse and fast. The booklet is full of dark and depressive lyrics which sets a peculiar contrast with high-energy music, guitar harmonies and flashy vocals. Blending heavy metal traditions with flashes of modern flair, they aim to craft music that feels timeless and classic, but not boring. So far, they’ve released an EP (Headed Towards Destruction), a full album (Lost Beyond Reason) and won the 2024 Road to Mystic Festival contest.

Hi, we’re Red Lust, a young rock band founded in 2017 in Gdańsk, Poland. We combine the sound of classic rock, blues and funk, creating a unique, energetic style. On July 19th, our first EP called “Red Lust” will be released, which will contain 5 of our flagship songs. 
Winners of the ‘Imagine Poland 2020’ competition, runners-up at the ‘Imagine Music International 2021’ festival in Brussels and winners of many national reviews.


Seks w Czasach Wojny is a punk rock band that was formed out of boredom during a high school break in Busko-Zdrój, Poland. Coming from an average town where they couldn’t find a place for themselves or their music, they quickly found a new home on the Polish underground scene. Inspired by everything loud and guitar-driven, they easily share the stage with performers across a wide range of genres—from metal and punk rock to shoegaze. They play short, energetic yet melodic songs inspired by old horror films, paranormal TV series, PlayStation games, and life from the perspective of a young person in a small town. Made up of five members with radically different personalities and tastes, the band is in its true element on stage, delivering some of the most intense live shows in all of the Polish underground music scene.

Sexycutts is a band where melancholic melodies meet garage riffs and heavy psychedelia, echoes of the past immersed in contemporary filth. Songs about love, longing, Life and death Once shouted, once whispered in the ear like a sweet melody sedating to eternal sleep

SICK SAINTS ARE BRUTAL GLAM. There is nothing more to it, but it is more than enough. Their debut LP “Out of the Night” has just been released, and it’s the essence of what BRUTALGLAM is. BRUTAL GLAM digs down deep into the past, all the way to the old musty basements of New York in the golden 70s, where New York Dolls were slowly emerging to their stardom, and KISS was only thinking of putting the famous make-up, to conquer the world. But BRUTALGLAM also takes you back to the clubs of California from another golden age: the 80s, when thrash and glam metal was being born, and when Metallica and Motley Crue were at the very beginning of their journey. SICK SAINTS took it all, endowing it with a brand new image, and revamping the sound to what we listen to in the modern age. That’s how the explosive substance of BRUTAL GLAM came into being.

Silvertale Fox – five years, thousands of hours of rehearsals, and a stage energy you won’t forget. Born out of pure passion for music, Silvertale Fox never followed trends. From the beginning, we’ve carved our own path, mixing genres and influences without compromise. Our sound is a bold fusion of modern edge and classic rock spirit – intense, emotional, and unmistakably ours. Fox from Silvertale – our musical core – is the balance of power and subtlety. Soft vocal lines clash and blend with raw guitar riffs and explosive solos, leaving no one indifferent. A Silvertale show isn’t just a concert – it’s a journey, one that invites everyone to find something personal in the sound. In the past year alone, we’ve won Best Band titles at national showcases in Goworowo, Skała, and Kramsk, earning praise from both juries and audiences alike. We play from the heart, and we mean business – driven by a dream of connecting with people through sound, across borders and boundaries.

Formed in 2021, the band blends thrashy riffs with groove, melodies and guitar harmonies to create their distinctive sound. On February 10, 2023, they released their debut EP „Wired Hell” followed a year later by the single “Dance of Frustration”, which was accompanied by an animated music video. In 2024, the band toured and performed at the Zew Się Budzi festival. They are currently promoting their latest single, “Fear Behind My Eyes”, which serves as a preview of what’s to come in 2025 in terms of new tunes of the band.

WHAT EVEN IS A SOLIDDOC? In the simplest terms, a musician from Łódź, Poland who’s been doing music since 2020. Soliddoc’s sound is a medley of genres, punk, rap and rock being the main three. Still not knowing what his next move holds, soliddoc stays dropping music consistently since starting his journey. Is the music consistently good? The opinions vary depending on who you ask. But as the artist himself says “anything I did post 22’ is at least listenable.” And that year was its sort of private, quiet breakthrough for soliddoc. As that year motivated him to drop three projects in 2023. ‘States of psychosis’, ‘The epilogue’ and as of right now his latest project ‘Weird shit certified’. It was that faithful summer when he got to play his first show ever in his hometown and didn’t get a single dime for it. Ever since then soliddoc has not stopped playing shows or working on music. With a new album on the horizon it is safe to say soliddoc has no intentions of stopping anytime soon.

We are Sukinkoty, a group of guys from Podkarpacie living in Kraków. Our project centers around themes of otherness, the exploration of the unknown, and extraterrestrial phenomena that transcend human perception. As a counterpoint to these themes, the music is raw, misty, and repetitive. Heavy, sluggish guitar riffs are paired with distorted synthesizers and samples of authentic NASA recordings, creating a distinct, surreal, and dreamlike atmosphere. The project seeks to convey the overwhelming feeling of confronting the unknown, while allowing the listener to fully immerse themselves in it. Complementing the sound are otherworldly visuals that complete the experience.

SZ.A.J.S. represents an interspecies space. The ensemble’s material was conceived with the intention of allowing for the free flow of musical ideas. The outcome is neither monotonous nor melancholic; the foremost focus is on enjoyment. The “SZ.A.J.S.” group is composed of highly skilled musicians who, within their projects, delve into the broad realms of rock, jazz, and improvised music. They are well known as co-founders of bands such as ‘Kosmos,’ ‘kresy,’ and ‘zygmunt pauker trio,’ with whom they have performed numerous concerts throughout Poland. Szymon Jarzmus – bass Adam Pyzalski – drums Janek Ostalski – vocals, guitar Stanisław Szmigiero – synthesizers

Tabula Rasa is a band formed in 2023 exploring new areas of rock, creating a unique combination of experimental rock, electronic and hard-rock. Their music is a fusion of powerful, greasy guitar riffs with modern synthesizers that give the songs a mesmerizing, futuristic character. It’s music full of contrasts and experiments – from strong, hard rock beats through funk rock and post grunge to subtle, nostalgic sound spaces.

Undergone is a five-member shoegaze-noise rock band from Katowice, Poland, formed in 2024. Combining atmospheric shoegaze, raw noise rock, and ambient elements, they create emotionally intense and immersive soundscapes. Their debut single, “Falling Apart,” released in April 2025, quickly gained attention across Poland and internationally, earning coverage from alternative music media and sparking interest from UK promoters. Undergone’s live performances stand out for their strong performative energy and emotional connection with the audience, offering more than just music—an experience. Despite being a young and independent band, they show serious dedication to their craft, continuously expanding their original material and engaging actively with their growing fanbase. Their recent debut concert in Sosnowiec was met with great enthusiasm and strong crowd interaction, marking a promising start for this rising act in the Polish alternative scene.

PL Velow to powstały w roku 2021 zespół, muzycznie będący w klimatach rocka alternatywnego. Po pierwszych, bardzo intensywnych dwóch latach działalności, miało miejsce nasze pierwsze wyjście z mroku z naszym debiutanckim albumem pod tytułem “Wizje”, który przyjął się bardzo dobrze w środowisku. Razem z premierą, w 2023 wyruszyliśmy w trasę “Wizje Tour”, odwiedzając takie miasta jak Szczecin, Gdańsk, Poznań. Nasza muzyka to pewna opowieść. To enigmatyczne teksty, które w połączeniu z energiczną muzyką tworzą mieszankę wybuchową. ENG Velow is a band formed in 2021, musically in the climate of alternative rock. After the first, very intensive two years of activity, we first came out of the darkness with our debut album titled “Wizje”, which was very well received in the community. Together with the premiere, in 2023 we set off on the “Wizje Tour”, visiting cities such as Szczecin, Gdańsk, Poznań. Our music is a certain story.

Venus Eclipse is an alternative rock band active since 2023, known for blending catchy melodies with a powerful sound and a dynamic stage presence. With ten original songs, two of which are available on streaming platforms, they have been steadily gaining recognition on the Polish music scene. Their live performances include notable events such as Wielkie Grillowanie UAM and venues like Cafe Noir (Zielona Góra), Lokum (Poznań), and Garaż (Kraków). In June 2025, they are set to perform at Fête de la Musique in Hanover. Beyond their energetic shows, Venus Eclipse is also committed to social causes, including support for The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP).

The band was formed in 2021 in Mielec on the initiative of Tomasz Jasiński, Maciej Kukulski, and Eryk Pastuszak. After lineup changes in the positions of guitarist (Filip Konopka) and drummer (Oliver Monticolo), the band began recording their debut album Drown In Utopia. During this time, the group performed live alongside acts such as Antigama, Godslut, Banisher, and It Follows. The musical style presented by Void Spectrum is a blend of technical death metal and progressive metal — aggressive, syncopated riffs combined with spacious, melodic ambient elements create a sound that is sure to appeal to fans of Decapitated, Meshuggah, and Gojira. **Band lineup:** Eryk Pastuszak – vocals Tomasz Jasiński – guitar Maciej Kukulski – bass Filip Konopka – guitar Oliver Monticolo – drums

Wishfulland – polish power metal band since 2021. Melodic fast solos, heavy sounds and epic orchestras with a pinch of synths. Their music can take the listener to the lands of epic battles between good and evil, where mighty heroes fights for brighter future. Lyrics themes are based on fantasy books, video games, movies and sci-fi topics. Wishfulland have a lot of songs that you can listen live or some on their streamings. They played few shows in clubs around Poland, few open-air shows and on the stage of Motopolanka during Polandrock 2024. Wishfulland released their first single “Flight Of the Android” in 2024 and second single “Cybernetic Times” in 2025. Soon they will also release their debute album.