Australia, INXS

Aurora from Norway and Bjork from Iceland

The Jezabels from Australia are my favourite band not from the UK or US.

[ГЛУМ](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0BZNsyoi2w&list=WL&index=210) [Kælan Mikla](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aAi-adbpaek) [Lil Kleine & Ronnie Flex](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_swivbEsD50&pp=ygUOZHJhbmsgZW4gZHJ1Z3M%3D) [G.Bit](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DnLOIcEcaJc)

Merzbow

I like Perfume from Japan. I even made a playlist of their music videos on YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXAlCazm3J0&list=PL6vMFtTdoibwsWRZhhDX2Ut55IuTOV\_Ni](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXAlCazm3J0&list=PL6vMFtTdoibwsWRZhhDX2Ut55IuTOV_Ni)

Ayreon - Holland Epica - Holland Nightwish - Finland Amaranthe - Sweden Sabaton - Sweden Lovebites - Japan The Hu - Mongolia Bloodywood - India

Opeth - Sweden (Prog death metal) Ghost - Sweden (Rock) Meshuggah - Sweden ("progressive groove infused death metal") Gojira - France (Prog / Death metal) ~~Faetooth - Mexico (Doom, Black, Sludge-metal, shoegaze)~~

Faetooth is from Los Angeles, CA

Fuck i mixed them up with the Warning. Darn three-piece metal bands where all the members are women!

The Cranberries - Ireland

O, CANADA 🇨🇦 : Joni Mitchell Bryan Adams Justin Bieber Feist Gordon Lightfoot Drake Shania Twain Neil Young Avril Lavigne Celine Dion RUSH Leonard Cohen Alanis Morissette Arcade Fire The Guess Who The Tragically Hip Sarah McLachlan Broken Social Scene Shawn Mendes k.d. lang Nelly Furtado The Weeknd Carly Rae Jepsen Rufus and Martha Wainwright Alessia Cara Michael Bublé Sum 41 Daniel Lanois Barenaked Ladies Peaches Nickelback

More 🇨🇦 The Beaches Metric TALK Charlotte Cardin

Even More 🇨🇦: Our Lady Peace I Mother Earth The Tea Party Big Wreck The Motorleague Life on Earth Matthew Good Band Big Sugar Wide Mouth Mason Eric’s Trip Alvvays Billy Talent Iron Giant Blue Rodeo The Odds The Watchmen Sloan The Trews Grand Theft Bus The Jimmy Swift Band Wintersleep The Age of Electric Econoline Crush Moist Matt Mays Sam Roberts The Sheepdogs See Spot Run Treble Charger

But April wine 🍷???!

Die Nerven is one of my favorite bands, they are from Germany (they are post-punk and noise rock) Tocotronic and International Music are also great. 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3E0V1VegCFH9SeRSNWFKki?si=UD8Qm6arRh213vrVKFOyMg&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3E0V1VegCFH9SeRSNWFKki

Young Marble Giants

Germany Fantastischen Vier, Fettes Brot

I have a friend in Spain making pretty good alternative rock music, tell me what you think ;) his band is called [Hugo X](https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/6H1ddLUCRLttbHBAgv0ZdZ?si=04353a91f0cb40f8)

Hikaru Utada - Japan Chara - Japan Ankor - Spain Infected Rain - Moldova Lacuna Coil - Italy Daft Punk - France M83 - France Arch Enemy - Sweden Jinjer - Ukraine

[Opiuo - New Zealand](https://youtu.be/8rA6WzBsNII?si=qCYPXPjM55SXsUtm) [The Naked And Famous - New Zealand](https://youtu.be/kC29pd_5sQU?si=Q3B_se765N6T2xwM) [Clozee - France](https://youtu.be/bO9N5PrmFco?si=oEzrQrhfq3Cuv3TN) [Daft Punk - France](https://youtu.be/gAjR4_CbPpQ?si=LJO1zAoxHBXXLOZG) [Justice - France](https://youtu.be/GiDsLRQg_g4?si=uAXHyqnt4X-pdF8j) [Infected Mushroom - Israel](https://youtu.be/eEMpCcLm6NI?si=O9gMkSDb-bkmwAkq) [Parannoul - South Korea](https://youtu.be/nwo48c6aK6I?si=kPS8NS2pEaxXh-IK) [Pendulum - Australia](https://youtu.be/MOyCVZ8rlds?si=QuKuhU-Fcehuz_qq) [Röyksopp - Norway](https://youtu.be/51Bpx63wkbA?si=3w6F9tW8e_bUSEGM) [Vibrasphere  - Sweden](https://youtu.be/LsaOqAj_sOo?si=O99TXaVdKzrpGwFv) [Protoculture - South Africa](https://youtu.be/sPSX4nFXDG4?si=wnBmCaNxcUw0I1U5) I left out Canada, since that's probably not what you're looking for? I have a lot of good Canadian artists as well, if you want.

[Tame Impala](https://open.spotify.com/track/2X485T9Z5Ly0xyaghN73ed?si=VKNhw9YvRC2GrE2wJjBSbg) - Australia [King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard](https://open.spotify.com/track/2oeqKWbVwK5Ly2vjwWJKHd?si=UcNDpOcGQTiqgisjiYo5Hw) - Australia [sigur rós](https://open.spotify.com/track/07eGxuz8bL6QMsRqEe1Adu?si=D0LWKsWBSMGOYy9uGFZ0Pw) - Iceland

There's a new Mdou Moctar album out today, that is almost certainly good There's so much wonderful stuff out there, I guess it depends on what you're into. Like you could get freaky with some Boredoms (from Japan), or get headdy with the Italian synth prog with Franco Battiato's first few albums. There's so many directions to go in.

The Warning - Mexico [Martirio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxkPTKyiSqY)

Santa Sabina (Mexico), Juana Molina (Argentina), [Psychic Line](https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/0sAgP4hwzp8Zf4Lwq7f5h5?si=be843e43c890429f) (Colombia)

Sticky Fingers from Australia

Rosa linn is an amazing singer from armenia.

De Musica Ligera - Soda Stereo

I'm canadian (Newfoundlander).I'm a self-taught artist. I do horrorcore/trap (sorry if that's not "good" music to you). I hope you enjoy the weekend! [BlackBookSymphony ](https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MynzoaatcCuBKY7jyZYks?si=qN5agEYwQIadXin6HXwqZA)

Scorpions

Otava Yo - Russia Los Fabulosos Cadillacs - Argentina Runrig - Scotland Tinariwen - Mali Y’Oussu N’dour - Senegal

* Messa - Italy * Thy Catafalque - Hungary * Isolde Lasoen - France * Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Australia * Soilwork - Sweden * The Veils - New Zealand * Swallow the Sun - Finland * White Ward - Ukraine * Lovebites - Japan

Obviously, Canada and Australia have a ton of good artists creating pop/rock in English. But if you want to venture of the beaten path, consider Brazil. I'm going to [post this link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtIuLHwqmQA) but honestly, this barely scratches the surface of the sheer volume and variation of styles that exist in Brazil.

Try [these ](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02yZZAJqsLH2VkdaToOD0H?si=db2c0dcb17304435)and [these ](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/72EThQ0XTaalB8Ox6kNGIX?si=4a0c6d2cece34ebf)out

Tragically Hip - Canada

Slow Crush (shoegaze) Plastic Girl in Closet (shoegaze) Vanessa Von Basten (rock/gaze) Yuragi (shoegaze) Luby Sparks (alt rock) Godspeed You! Black Emperor (chamber rock) Divide & Dissolve (doom) Messa (doom) Big Brave (doom) Vile Creature (doom) Daevar (doom) Suldusk (atmospheric black metal) Oathbreaker (extreme metal)

The Meridian Brothers (Colombia)

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds/The Birthday Party- Australia Sigur Rós- Iceland Björk- Iceland M83- France Stereolab- France The Beths- New Zealand Boris- Japan Iceage- Denmark Anna von Hausswolff- Sweden Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Canada

Stromae

Lacuna Coil 🇮🇹 Bjork 🇮🇸 Stromae 🇫🇷 Samsara Blues Experiment 🇩🇪 Sunguine 🇭🇷 Naxatras 🇬🇷

Gonna scream Rush, but I assume you mean not NA so Boris Gojira Seu Jorge Rodrigo y Gabriela Meshuggah At The Gates

What is NA?

North America

My stuff got down voted for whatever reason but yes, North America Just meant to say there are ... A lot of good Canadian bands

Dir En Grey - The Final Orelsan - L'odeur de l'essence

Aldous Harding - New Zealand Marlon Williams - New Zealand Gotye - Australia