LA CASA FANTOM euro tour April/May 2025

 

LA CASA FANTOM bc

LA CASA FANTOM web

upcoming gig in Rijeka, Croatia

when?....................................18.04.2025., Friday

where?...................................Podrum, Rijaka

who?.......................................KPAX! oi post punk, Ser

                                                ČRNOMOR hc punk, Cro

entrance?.................................4 - 6 € 

upcoming gig in Kutina, Croatia

 

what?.....................................................................Breaking The Mold IV

when?....................................................................19.04.2025., Saturday

where?...................................................................Baraka, Kutina

who?......................................................................NUCLEAR ALTAR d-beat crust, Cro

                                                                               PLASTIKA raw hc punk, Cro

                                                                               POGUBA punk, Slo

                                                                               POPIK metal punk, B&H

                                                                               GIHT hc punk, Cro

                                                                               ATOMIC FAULT thrash metal, Ser

                                                                               S.I.Z. punk, Cro

entrance?................................................................7 € (<18 free)

VISIONS OF WAR / PHANE - Is This 2024 or 1984 - split 7" is out now!!!

finally, another little piece of plastic is ready to pollute our crust punk ocean and eventually give real hell to all its wildlife known as drunk crust-punks..

this long, long prepared and awaited split EP is now out on Phobia records and ready for your orders.. old-school crust punk veterans Visions of War shattered through EU-wastelands teamed up with Canadian d-beat punk machine Phane represented with, if I got this part right, their tribute to UK82 styled hardcore punk..

while Phane, with their motor-charged d-beat are kind of on home ground here, for me it's more interesting to hear V.O.W. in this style, especially cover song from One Way System which ends up like real fun..

how all of this sounds? - go check it for yourself, it's already available on various digital platforms and support it on some way.. just a little hint - it's raw, it's energetic, it's mighty and it's supposed to be played loud, so beware!.. 

the whole thing also looks bloody nice with simple but effective, great artwork and availability of the vinyl itself in limited grey or standard black version..

BANDCAMP

YOUTUBE

BUY IT

KPAX! euro tour April/May 2025

KPAX! or Krah, punk band from Belgrade will again hit the road and make an impressive euro tour.. they still need help for 22nd of April so get in touch with them via facebook, bandcamp or instagram if you can help or know someone who can.. and be sure to support them while in your town, they are maybe not my cup of tea musically at first, but for sure are energetic and fun to watch live, I can guarantee that..

KPAX!

upcoming gig in Belgrade, Serbia

 

when?...........................12.04.2025., Saturday

where?..........................Guvernanta, Belgrade

who?.............................ATOMSKI RAT noise thrash punk, Ser

                                      WARTHODOX d-beat crust, Ser

entrance?......................500 RSD

STATE MANUFACTURED TERROR - The US Government is a Kleptocratic Doomsday Cult (2024) - 7" EP

Band...........................State Manufactured Terror

Album.........................The US Government is a Kleptocratic Doomsday Cult

Year.............................2024

Genre..........................crust punk

Format.........................vinyl EP

Country........................USA

Web.............................bandcamp, youtube 

Label............................Autsajder Produkcija, Peace of Mind Records

do you know this feeling when walking on some muddy road and after your shoe get stuck in a big, wet and deep pile of mud and you step into it barefooted?! - it's ugly feeling, indeed.. and it's supposed to be a common accident in those rare moments when your drunk ass is trying to live healthy and be the one with the nature.. and if you didn't experienced such terrifying and obnoxious fail yet - just try this EP, it will give you pretty much the same feeling.. although I absolutely hate when I step into pile of mud with my fancy 10€ hiking socks, on the other hand I bloody like the ugliness of State Manufactured Terror.. damn, if there is some award contest for the ugliest crust punk record, they would definitely win it with this one! 

SMT are one of the newer bands in, as it seems currently pretty strong and alive, NYC's noisy crust punk swamp gathering around D4MT Labs studio and Peace of Mind records and they already shake the ground well in 2023 with their absolutely crazy (and even uglier) demo tape and during last summer while on a short trip in Europe where they were supporting mighty Flower on one part of their Euro tour.. 

on this record they continue in the same tone, bringing just little over 10 min of noisy crust punk madness, like a savage mashup of everything old and primeval in punk - there's this raw and primitive UK and euro inspired crust sound from late 80s and early 90s, there's grind, there's anarcho-punk, stench core elements, even american hardcore can be heard in traces, then occasionally everything flies into crasher crust waters with absolute madness and distortion, all together rounded with again ugly (on some parts dual) vocals shouted in this anarcho-styled way.. just imagine blend of Deviated Instinct or Hellbastard on one side with Destroy and ENT or even early Napalm Death on the other, spiced with anarcho scent of acts like Scatha, Antischism and Nausea and then for the end add few drops of Confuse just to make it more confusing (see what I did here!? hahah).. they even manage to blend in some media samples here and there which perfectly fits in songs.. and all that packed in 10 bloody minutes - although at the first it doesn't seems this way but at the end all together have perfect sense.. 

there are 3 songs on one and 2 on another side, which means pretty short trip in this sonic mess but it does leave some serious damage behind with its raw and violent production.. 

from the titles of the song and name of album (damn, and even from the band name) you can figure out about what they are lyrically dealing with, as expected themes and problems which are actual in US last couple of years and now with this MAGA madness, probably more than ever..

visually it looks similar as it sounds, obvious legacy from above mentioned bands is present in artwork also, it's chaotic but with a bunch of tiny details, all standard anarcho-punk imagery is here - celtic knots, doves, chaos symbol, witches, demons, skulls, hand written lyrics, etc. (similar like on Flower's EP for example), and all together it really looks great and transmits the whole vibe of extreme (noise not) music of the record itself very well.. also, inside is included really nice A4 poster with great artwork in the same style as on covers (hundreds of smaller drawings blended together creating the shape of dove).. it's worthy to mention that all this visual style is work of Wombat, who is the vocalist here if I'm not wrong..

and for the releasing of this little hell of the record is responsible international cooperation between Croatian label Autsajder Produkcija (sub-label of more known Doomtown Records) and Peace of Mind Records from US, it's released in all together 350 copies, my is in "swamp" green color but it also comes in regular black version and few copies are still available for the price of 9€ from Autsajder crew or I've seen it on some other distros as well, at least here in Europe..

there was also tape version of this available on Filth Holocaust Rec. from Indonesia but in some minimum print run which is most likely already sold out long ago..

in short, State Manufactured Terror are not here to please you or make you happy, they sound like they landed from some older times and they are here just to fck up things in this already fckd up and doomed world we live in..

hopefully they will continue to deliver the filth and I'm really looking forward to possible future full LP of this monster of a band.. until then I will torture my ears and brain with this little banger countless times more, that's for sure..

upcoming gig in Rijeka, Croatia

 

when?........................................................10.04.2025., Thursday

where?.......................................................Podrum, Rijeka

who?..........................................................RIVERS RUN DRY neo crust, Hun

entrance?....................................................4 - 6 €

https://rijekadiyhcpunk.blogspot.com/

upcoming gig in Rijeka, Croatia

 

when?...............................07.04.2025., Monday

where?..............................Podrum, Rijeka

who?.................................PLACID hc punk, Ger

                                          HELLSCAPE hc punk, UK 

entrance?...........................4 - 6 €

https://rijekadiyhcpunk.blogspot.com/

NUCLEAR ALTAR - Ustanak - new video

 

"Crne zore

Nevjesto

Primi sjeme

Nečisto

Zlo je ustalo

U smrtnom grijehu

Začeto

Zlo se rodi

Sotono

Zlo je ustalo

Zemlja gladna leševa

Sveta krv se proljeva

Nekrst zvijeri okuplja

Smrt se bogu ne klanja

Zlo je ustalo"

NUCLEAR ALTAR

INDIKATOR B euro tour April 2025

 

10.04. Lyon @ Grrrnd Zero

11.04. Montpellier @ Le Kjbi

12.04. Barcelona @ Espacio Joven Palau Alós

13.04. Valencia @ La Residencia

15.04. Murcia @ CSO Kasablanka

16.04. Almeria @ Arcade club

17.04. Granada @ Plantabaja

18.04. Madrid @ Diskordia Squat

19.04. Logroño @ Villatruño

20.04. Zarautz @ Hiruputzu Gaztetxea

21.04. Nantes @ Chien Stupide

22.04. Brest @ Coco's Bar

23.04. Bordeaux @ Les Preuves Du Contraire

24.04. Toulouse @ Le Ravelin

25.04. Hospitalet de Llobregat @ La Squatxeria

26.04. Marseille @ La Salle Gueule

27.04. Milano @ Villa Occupata

INDIKATOR B

CRUTCHES euro tour April 2025

 

CRUTCHES blogspot

CRUTCHES bandcamp

upcoming gig in Zagreb, Croatia

 

what?........................Mališa Bahat LP release show!

when?.......................22.03.2025., Saturday

where?......................AKC Attack, Zagreb

who?.........................MALIŠA BAHAT screamo, Cro

                                  NAILED IN hc punk, Cro

                                  ZBRUCZ screamo, Slo

                                  THE FAREWELL REASON emo hc, Cro

entrance?...................10 €

upcoming gig in Zagreb, Croatia

when?........................21.03.2025.,  Friday

where?.......................Klaonica squat, Zagreb

who?..........................NIHILDUM stench crust, Ita

                                   ASHES OF DEATH crust, UK

                                   HAK ATTAK hc punk crust, Slo

                                   DISBAJA d-beat metal, Cro

entrance?...................10 €

tomorrow in Ljubljana, Slovenia

when?...................15.03.2025., Saturday

where?..................Gromka, Ljubljana

who?......................PLASTIKA raw hc punk, Cro

                               HASE hc punk, Aus

                               XPOTX crust, Aus

entrance?................?

14th birthday of Klaonica squat

 

when?.....................................................22.02.2025., Saturday

where?....................................................Klaonica squat, Zagreb

who?.......................................................BONEASH neo crust, Cro

                                                                PLASTIKA d-beat hc punk, Cro

                                                                KRLJA grindcore, Cro

                                                                VIPERA r'n'r, Cro

                                                                AVET drum n bass grindcore, Cro

                                                                + poster exhibition of diy punk gigs from Stara Škola by Loren P.

                                                                + food

                                                                + distro

entrance?.................................................?

ATOMSKI RAT - Krvava Ravnica - new EP is out now!!! + search for labels

the other day I wanted to make a post with some news and interesting stuff which are happening in diy underground circles here at Balkan wastelands, among others one was about Atomski Rat and that they are in studio recording new material, but as I suck lately at posting stuff here and don't have time and all the enthusiasm nor will needed for keeping this blog  going strong, I'm already late because those recordings are already finished and the whole brand new EP is already published on their bandcamp page.. 

6 furious songs in their recognizable harsh thrashy and noisy style, with already traditionally great desperate, dark and grim lyrics.. at first listen maybe little cleaner, a bit slower and more d-beat orientated as this was the case on their previous works, but I still didn't catch the time to give it a proper "dive in" so maybe the best would be to check it out for yourself.. anyhow, it is for sure one more killer EP by this original and long active band..

and the most important thing for the end, now when recordings are done, they are in search for labels which are willing to release this material on vinyl, so if you can help or know someone, please get in touch with them via bandcamp or some other social media..

ATOMSKI RAT

NUCLEAR ALTAR - Golet - new rehearsal video

new rehearsal video from Nuclear Altar, one newer song in new line up, with Panto (vocalist in No Name) as second guitarist here.. enjoy the filth!..

"Tvoje truplo ti se smije

Crne vrane, ujed zmije

Sve će korov da prekrije

Smrtnicima krv se pije

Golet

Bijeda svoje sjeme sije

Sve će korov da prekrije

Crne vrane, ujed zmije

Ponos majke Slavonije

Golet

Golet biti će cijeli svijet"

NUCLEAR ALTAR

MALIŠA BAHAT - Lovers. Loners. Losers. - 12" LP is out now!!

finally, the latest album by Mališa Bahat named "Lovers. Loners. Losers.", with which they totally surprised us last summer and about which I write something here already, is now out and available on vinyl.. after diy cassette version we now get it on a medium it deserves and probably fits the most (I'm not trying to underestimate the beauty and value of the cassettes here at all)..

vinyl is available in 3 versions/colors: some fancy marbled red and violet or if you prefer it more in classic black.. you can get it from the band or the labels involved and those are Dingelberry Records and Distribution, Grazil Records, Mind Earser, Saitan DIY, Shove Records, Alternativna Omladina Sombora and Nothing to Harvest Records.. 

check it out and support the band and labels with buying, if you are at least little interested in good old screamo hardcore, you will dig this one for sure!..

MALIŠA BAHAT

heavy breathing..

mighty.. dark.. grimy.. massive.. greasy.. ugly.. loud.. filthy.. crust..

 LIFELESS DARK - Forces Of Nature's Transformation

AXEFEAR - Prophetic End

24/24 - Hungarian raw punks are in search for labels

so, awesome raw punk band 24/24 from Hungary delivered some fresh recordings few months ago (already mentioned here) and now they are in search of labels who will be interested in releasing it.. after two striking demos released on tape now they are ready for their first record on vinyl.. some plan is to release it like a split 7" with one more interesting raw punk band from Czech R. 

definitely it would be one little hell of a record and I'm really looking forward for it and hope something will be sorted out soon..

so if you are running a label, or know someone who does and are willing to help two awesome diy bands,  please get in touch with them for more additional info and all the details..

you can contact 24/24 via facebook, bandcamp or at the email: tomiconia[at]gmail[dot]com

24/24

CRUTCHES / SENAP mini tour Sweden January 2025

raw d-beat maniacs Crutches and punk-rockers Senap are on mini tour this weekend, starting today in Norrkoping.. support and check it if you're around..

CRUTCHES

SENAP

 

upcoming gig in Čakovec, Croatia

 

when?...........................18.01.2025., Saturday

where?..........................Prostor, Čakovec

who?.............................INDIKATOR B dark hc punk, Cro

                                      PLASTIKA raw hc punk, Cro

                                      SRANJE punk, Slo

entrance?.......................6 €