Different Strings are the winners of the 2014 Malta edition of the Hard Rock Rising global competition.

Earlier this year, emerging local talent was encouraged to participate in the world’s largest and furthest-reaching Battle of the Bands and compete for a chance to play at the Hard Rock Live festival, to be held in Rome this summer.

The local eliminatory rounds, held last month, saw Infinite Loop, Native, Different Strings and Billy Lee perform live at Hard Rock Cafe Malta, with Infinite Loop and Different Strings making it to the final.

With both bands fired up and giving excellent performances, it was a difficult choice for the panel of judges – Wayne Camilleri, Michael Bugeja and William Mangion Mascoli to pick the winner, but in the end, Different Strings came out on top.

Different Strings, whose music is rooted in progressive rock and metal, will now be representing Malta at the final phase of the competition.

Along with over 70 other winners from participating cities worldwide, the Maltese band will now compete for online votes in the Global Fan voting round.

Starting on April 28, fans can vote for their top choice by downloading a free track from the bands featured on Hard Rock’s Facebook pages.

This process will determine the top 25 bands, following which Hard Rock’s celebrity panel of judges and music professionals will then select the first, second and third place winners.

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