DJ Noise celebrates five years of his Holy Noise club night with an international headbangers’ ball, with sets from Syria’s Melechesh, the Maldives’ Nothnegal and Bahrain’s Smouldering in Forgotten

UK-based DJ Cosmic joins the Dust team for a night of nu-disco grooves

‘Indian’s first live hip-hop band’ make their UAE debut

Berlin-based, Welsh-born Daneeka – nominated as DJ Mag’s best breakthrough DJ in 2010

Named ‘band of the decade’ by India’s Rock Street Journal

Expect hip-hop, boogie, nu-disco and fresh funk from the DUST team

Kenyan rapper DNA (which stands for ‘Dreams ’n’ Ambitions’, apparently) is best known for 2006 hit ‘Banjuka’

Ten local rock and metal bands play a monster headbangers’ ball

Brit dubstep Kryptic Minds headline this new bass night, Something Big

Live music night Twang returns with electric sets from Brit-rockers Beat Antenna

NYC based talent Jesrani – one half of production team Metro Area – guests for the Dust team

Drum’n’bass giants Black Sun Empire, who recently topped the cross-genre beatport charts with fifth album From the Shadows, go head to head with dubstep talent Thelem for four hours of international bass madness

The Dubai-based metallers – last spotted supporting Megadeth at Gulf Bike Week – play a one-off show

TV hardman Dyer, who’s found a late-career niche presenting ‘hard-hitting’ documentaries about football hooliganism on obscure UK TV channels, has also launched a DJ career

Notable drum ‘n’ bass talent Optical is winging his way to Dubai

Having clocked up more than 10,000 listens within just days of releasing their second album Sun & Satellites online

Also going under the monikers Danny Berman and Hot Coins, UK-based Red Rack’em is a favourite of Gilles Peterson, thanks to his memorable disco and house sets

The Originals Festival will happen throughout the year at The Music Room featuring hand-picked up and coming artists, award-winning local artists and international acts

Fresh from supporting Guns N’ Roses in Abu Dhabi last month, Lebanese rocker Wud – who has also warmed up for Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant in his time – headlines his own gig

A bill of seven promising local bands have been lined up for this night of all things dark and gritty

Heavy metal legend Blaze Bayley, former vocalist of Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane is coming to Dubai