SUBVERSIVE RITE live @ Don Pedro, Brooklyn 29.04.2017. / live @ Brooklyn Bazaar 30.11.2019. / live @ Long Beach, CA - video

one of my favorites lately!.. Subversive Rite, hardcore punk band from New York, USA..

-credits: Max Volume Silence and Sal Esquivel at youtube

 

 

 

upcoming gig in Skopje, Macedonia

 

when?........................09.11.2022., Wednesday
where?.......................Skopje, Macedonia

who?..........................KOVAA RASVAA hc punk, Fin

                                   DISEASE d-beat raw punk, Mac

entrance?...................150 Ден

upcoming gig in Belgrade, Serbia

 

when?..........................06.11.2022., Sunday
where?.........................AKAB Okretnica, Beograd
who?............................APSURD hc punk, Ser

                                     MIŽERIJA post punk, Cro

                                     LEPTIRICA post punk, Ser

entrance?......................donations

upcoming gig in Novi Sad, Serbia

 

what?....................ULICE PROTIV FAŠIZMA '22

when?...................05.11.2022., Saturday
where?..................Crna Kuća (CK13), Novi Sad

who?.....................PONOR hc punk, Cro

                              VRŠNJAČKO NASILJE punk, Ser

                              SMRT RAZUMA hc punk, Cro/Ser

                              MIŽERIJA post punk, Cro

entrance?...............800 RSD

https://ck13.org/program/ulice-protiv-fasizma-22/

upcoming gig in Belgrade, Serbia

for a long time I didn't see such a good line up for a gig..

when?.........................04.11.2022., Friday
where?........................AKAB Okretnica, Beograd
who?...........................NIYAZOV hc crust grind, Ser
                                    SMRT RAZUMA hc punk, Cro/Ser
                                    ATOMSKI RAT noise punk, Ser
                                    XHIPOS hc punk, Ser
entrance?....................donations

upcoming gig in Rijeka, Croatia

Podrum is back!!.. after long "summer" pause..

when?...................05.11.2022., Saturday

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

who?.....................SUKOB hc punk crust, Cro

                              NAILED IN hc punk, Cro

entrance.................25 kn

today in Novi Marof..

when?..............................22.10.2022., Saturday
where?.............................Stara škola, Novi Marof

who?................................NEON LIES darkwave synth punk, Cro

                                         TRAASHBOO hard dance rap, Ger

entrance?.........................25 kn

NOT ENOUGH 20 years of mangel fest. 28.-29. October 2022

 

NOT ENOUGH web

NOT ENOUGH on discogs

upcoming gig in Zagreb, Croatia

when?..............24.10.2022., Monday
where?.............Reciklaonica squat, Zagreb
who?................ALGARA anarcho post punk, Spa

                         BEROSSZULÁS noise punk, Hun

                         KORIDOR hc punk post punk, Cro

entrance?..........35 kn

upcoming gig in Berlin, Germany

 

when?................22.10.2022., Saturday
where?...............Reset club, Berlin

who?..................HIATUS crust punk, Bel

                           NONSANTO grind, Pol

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

let's bring some noise... pt.6

...this time from Zagreb, capital of this doomed state called Croatia.. when is about my music taste, if I think this through, there wasn’t any proper hc punk band there for a while, maybe even from 90s/very early 00s all the way to few years ago, and then from like 2018 until now there’s some which pops out every a little.. truth to be spoke, few only appear with demo or some EP and then disappear, some explode all over with few excellent releases, tons of gigs, even euro tours but due often line up changes somehow simply fade away, and some are still here, strong holding flags of hc punk forces up high.. we talk here about real raw hc punk, simple and direct, in your face, politically engaged, just the way as I like it but it’s so rare to play nowadays everywhere and not only in Zagreb.. just to be clear, there were few more great releases from that same period like for example Indikator B - demo tape, debut album by Sukob - Tvoje Misli Su Nečija Umjetnost, 3 EPs by Slepa Brena, Disbaja last album Prošlost Sadašnjosti (also mentioned before here) etc. etc, but they all musically deviate little from this above mentioned raw hc punk and those five represented here somehow grab my attention more.. so let’s go!.. this time in alphabetical order..

ACCIDENT - Obstacles [2022] (tape)

Accident are already long going punk band and familiar faces on Zagreb’s hc punk scene active since 2014, and it’s somehow a little miracle that they are still “alive”, even with some shorter pauses, and with specific way of functioning as a band.. for example they release album, play gigs all over few months then they disappears on a year or 3 but always come back and surprise us with some treat like recently, with even 3 albums in last 3 years and one of those is latest album Obstacles published on the beginning of this year (2022), released on tape and is absolute killer.. they were always good punk band, sticking to old school roots but now they speed a little and become somehow even more raw, despite quality and recognizable sound and production of studio Depth and now they are perfect.. proper hc punk, how it should be played, dual m/f vocals, from the first song, galloping attack “Protunapad” you’ll get the picture of what it’s here about and then some 13 minutes of tight drive until the end.. 7 new songs plus an old hit from the first album, new, better and faster version of the song “Victim” which is unbelievably catchy and to me personally becomes one of the most recognizable punk anthems lately.. 3 songs are on Croatian and other are on English but to be honest those on Croatian sounds way better.. all in all, the most positive surprise lately on domestic diy hc punk scene and probably the best album of this year.. can’t wait to see them somewhere live and maybe in the nearest future some album on vinyl, I think it’s time..

BANDCAMP

AUTOMATIK - Born Angry [2020] (online demo)

one of those who appears out of nowhere, without presence on the internet beside bandcamp page and about which I don’t know absolutely nothing.. funny but great, for a punk band, name (if it refers to what I think), I assume they share some members with few other bands from Zagreb, like Luger, CC and maybe some others as well.. 6 songs of hard core punk which leans toward raw d-beat punk, with I believe female vocalist, the only thing that’s missing is just some more speed.. according to style of cover I think this demo might have been released on tape and all together makes decent debut and one more positive surprise.. don’t know if they are still active or this was just pre-Luger band and as you can see a lot of guesses and assumptions here, maybe someone enlighten us in the comments.. I sure would love to hear more by them..

BANDCAMP

CC - Prisoner Of State [2019] (tape)

wow, CC or Class Collapse – what a energy bomb of a band!.. they appeared with a bang (big one!) by the end of 2017 with countless gigs all over the Croatia and surroundings, in early 2018 recorded debut EP released as promo CD, tour Europe two times, played few festivals, in 2019 they visited studio Depth for the 2nd time and record this awesome full length “Prisoners of the State” released on bandcamp and later as a tape by Underground Disco Beočin from Serbia.. and after many line up changes and last year’s performance on Diy hc-punk intermezzo festival, sadly I didn’t hear anything from them..
but let’s get back to this awesome album.. for a long, long time (if ever!?) no one on the domestic scene recorded such energetic, catchy, direct and angry hardcore punk album (maybe since the Nonsense’s ones, “Propast” and “Prazan Pogled”, and that was already 10-12 years ago)
eight songs of thrashy hc punk, fast, unbelievably aggressive and very direct, angry shouted vocals by Lea from Accident and numerous ex Zg bands but here focused only on vocals so maybe that’s why they are so damn brutal good.. all together maybe lean a little into some crossover, mostly because of awesome thrash metal guitar but still strictly into hardcore punk and it’s obvious they draw inspiration from old school of the genre and despite everything they are perfect sample of how proper hc punk band should sound, I don’t have a single complaint and can’t find the weak spot even if I want to.. wait, I have one, I don't like the cover, which is great art and beautiful but somehow, in my modest opinion don't fit the band and considering that visuals never have been CC's stronger side (cover for promo CD was totally opposite to this one, with just big green CC letters on black background) this is just a minor and irrelevant complaint..
still, 3 years later I get goose bumps every single time I listen to this.. let’s just hope that this isn’t last offerings of CC and we will hear something new again soon..

BANDCAMP

LÜGER - demo [2020] (tape)

if we speak about my music taste, Luger is the best current band at domestic scene here in Croatia.. raw punk influenced by both Scandinavian and Japanese schools of hardcore.. I never understand why this style of punk isn’t represented more among bands here in Croatia in the past, let’s just hope Luger are just beginning.. simple, but great and for sure not one of many who fade away in ocean of similar bands and projects on the global scene.. if they continue with the work I think they are capable of becoming known wider and become something that Macedonian Disease manage to become in the last decade, for example..
this demo is great start and awesome debut, 8 trax of filthy raw punk, including Avskum cover, most of the songs are minute and half in length which is just perfect, they aren’t too short which is often the case with similar bands but still don’t become boring in a single moment.. music is “by the book”, shredding distorted guitar with some nervous solos here and there, thunder like bass on the parts where it can be heard, d-beat drumming in peace and steady but fast tempo, vocals from depths of hell spitting out anguish and despair, all together brings perfect blend of scholastic played, but still fresh and never boring d-beat raw punk.. demo was recorded in 2020 and released on tapes with great looking cover and artwork the same year or in early 2021, not really sure..
and for the end some exciting news, they are preparing split LP with Stalinstadt (also great raw punk act, international crew situated in Berlin) on mighty Burning Anger label and one track from it is available at their bandcamp.. can’t wait for that monster to come out from the pressing plant!..

BANDCAMP

U.B.T. - s/t [2019] (online / split tape)

about first official demo released on tape from this noise punk trio I wrote something more few weeks ago here and everything stated then is worth for this release also.. 

this time 9 songs, some of them appeared on first demo, but now in something different, clearer production, recorded in studio Depth, but don't worry, it's still all about good old raw noise punk, ultra fast and wild, with furious distorted noisy guitar, super fast drumming which hits you like burst fire, and yelled reverb vocals..

some of those songs, like for example "Treči Dnevnik" and "Novo Vrijeme", already becomes instant hits on their numerous gigs across the country.. also lyrics deals with the same themes as it was the case in previous release, it means about media propaganda, rotten system, false values in society, politics, etc. just now they are on even three languages - Croatian, English and German.. at first this was published only in digital form on bandcamp and later in 2021 as a split tape with Kylmä Patja on Lutra Lutra records.. unfortunately I still didn't grab my copy and don't know if they are available any more.. but we still have bandcamp and youtube to get possessed by this chaotic noise punk inferno treat, so go there and grab it...and grab it hard because it might throw you off..

BANDCAMP

upcoming gig in Zagreb, Croatia

when?...................19.10.2022., Wednesday

where?..................Reciklaonica squat, Zagreb
who?.....................NERVEGAS crust punk, Den
                              LUGER raw punk, Cro
                              OKOV hc punk, Cro
                              CRASH TEST HORROR grind, Cro
entrance?...............35 kn

upcoming gig in Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

when?................14.10.2022., Friday
where?...............club Gromka, Ljubljana

who?..................NULA hc anarcho punk, Cro

                           VIVERE MERDA hc punk, Ita

                           SRANJE punk, Slo

 entrance?...........10 €

https://www.klubgromka.org/index.php?mode=program&id=5616

NERVEGAS euro tour October 2022

 

BANDCAMP

upcoming gig in Kranj, Slovenia

 

when?................8.10.2022., Saturday
where?...............Trainstation squat, Kranj

who?..................SMRT RAZUMA hc punk, Cro

                           PESKOVNIK hc punk, Slo

                           IRITATOR gridcore, Slo

                           NE GNJAVI punk, Slo

entrance?............7 €

SAVAGEHEADS - Service To Your Country - LP is out now!!!

"It's been 17 years of hell waiting for this record to come out, but here it is. Savageheads from Boston follow up their their 2014 debut EP with this 13 song long player of thrashy pogo punk meant for anyone into toe tapping, fist pumping, or bedroom bouncing. Heavily influenced by the Partisans, Skeptix and the harder end of UK82, this album covers such topics as government intervention, military service, and other themes related to power and greed. PLAY LOUD."


Where to purchase:

Sorry State: https://www.sorrystaterecords.com/

Social Napalm: https://www.negativeinsight.com/social-napalm

La Vida Es Un Mus Discos for UK distribution: https://www.lavidaesunmus.com

BANDCAMP

YOUTUBE

PLAC SQUAT info

 

Last Saturday, a new autonomous zone was established in Ljubljana, called the Participatory Ljubljana Autonomous Zone (PLAC). The squat is located at 43 Linhartova Street, behind Bežigrad.
Around 13:00 on Saturday 3rd september, around 100 people entered the abandoned building of the former canteen of the Ljubljana Road Company at 43 Linhartova Street and declared the occupied building an autonomous zone. They wrote that they had created “a space for all those who have been sidelined by the socio-political order and deprived of the infrastructure for their cultural and political participation and the realization of their aspirations”. In the hours following the occupation of the empty building, the premises and the surrounding area were cleaned up.
The occupiers explained at the press conference that their motivation was the lack of opportunities to act in an increasingly gentrified city. A lack that has been felt by younger and less emancipated communities in recent years, especially after the eviction of the Rog Autonomous Factory.
The new autonomous space seeks to counter the social trends of privatisation and commercialisation of social spaces, which make universal participation Participatory Ljubljana Autonomous Zonedifficult or even impossible.
After the bankruptcy of Cestnega Podjetja Ljubljana in 2014, the former canteen is owned by DUTB or Slaba Bank. We haven’t heard anything from DUTB at the time of writing. The choice of the building carries a symbolic meaning, as the new users explain.
The Autonomous Zone will replace the wasteful management of social property with a program for all. In addition to self-organised cultural events and workshops, a people’s library is planned.
The police came to PLAC twice in the past few days. They have applied pressure by collecting personal data of the people around as a preventive measure. Reportedly in case of material damage to the abandoned facility. The new users of the facility, however, recall their pre-election promises to the People’s Initiative, in which many parties stressed the importance of autonomous zones and pledged to support new ones.
The re-establishment of an autonomous space gives back to Ljubljana, and especially to the cultural and political margin, the promise of what it lost two years ago. The promise of a non-hierarchical autonomous community gives rise to optimism that alternative self-organization will regain its place in a city that has been subjected to strong gentrification in recent years. However, it is not only the social margins that will have an opportunity in PLAC, but also the ruling political establishment, which may stick to its pre-election promises for a change.

Statement from the Anarchist Initiative in support of the new autonomous center PLAC:

"It gives us great joy to welcome the establishment of a new autonomous space PLAC in Ljubljana that started today with the communal-political occupation of the empty, derelict, and publicly-owned building on Linhart Street!
We see this occupation as a protest against the existing social order and as a concrete answer to the daily worsening of social circumstances and problems such an order creates.
Occupation is a political act of emancipation and direct action that addresses important social issues, pertaining to all of us and our collective futures. The housing crisis, high rent, and lack of non-commercial spaces for creativity and action are but a few of these issues. Indirectly, it also addresses rampant corruption, social inequality, and the distribution of the Commonwealth. The newly occupied publicly-owned building, that is managed by the DUTB (‘bad bank’ organization) quite literally represents the money we all paid for the great bank bailout of 2012. Back then, the name of the game was a shameless transfer of wealth from the have-nots to the haves. With this occupation, we are returning a small part of that stolen money to the people for communal use.
Furthermore, we see this occupation as a protest against the commercialization and commodification of our lives and society. For years, we have seen our neighborhoods, our towns, our society, and our very lives transformed by the interests of the capital. Those who have colonized all the aspects of society, subjugated them to their made-up laws and excluded anyone directly affected by these changes from the decision-making process. Ruling politicians – both local and national – remain diligent accomplices to those processes. Public space is shrinking and becoming privatized, the city is changing in accordance with the wishes of the wealthy, while mere residents are pushed to the fringes of society. All the activities, including the city and even the societal infrastructure, are subject to the logic of commercialization and profit. Do we need luxury apartments on every green spot? Is it sensible to accept Airbnb-style renting, when there’s a lack of housing for the young, the students, and even the local populace? Does every youth center need to transform into a for-profit bar?
We see this occupation as a continuation of the rich history of establishing autonomous spaces in Slovenia, which have already played an important role in different eras and areas. Regardless if it’s Petek 13. (Friday the 13th) of Železniki, the littoral squats of INDE and ARGO, or those in Gorizia, Sokolski dom in Novo Mesto, or Ljubljana’s AC Molotov and Autonomous factory ROG, which was so violently destroyed last year by the municipality. They offered alternatives and reflection in the times of disintegration, diminishment, and privatization of the communal, the public. Primarily, they created a space to freely self-organize, to create actions, and events in a not-for-profit space, and took up many social functions on a multitude of levels that the state didn’t. Such as taking care of the marginalized people: the homeless, the addicts, and the migrants. Or creating an exceptional independent and non-profit culture scene. Or all the crucial, autonomous, grassroots political initiatives outside the meddling of party politics. Student and Labour organizing. Addressing the Gig economy and migrant work. Feminism. The erased people. Antiracism. So, we’re really looking forward to all the many activities that are bound to happen in this new space!
We need to stress again that the creation of the new autonomous space is in the public interest. In the interest of the local community, the residents not only of this city, but towns all across the country, and anyone else who doesn’t profit from real estate speculations, building luxury flats, or political and capitalist corruption. We expect the powers that be to put down their batons and consider this occupation for what it is: A legitimate political act, whose results and future must be decided in the widest possible civic discourse.
We’re expressing our full support to the new space once more, and encouraging others to take up active support and participation both for it and within it. May today’s action be an encouragement for many others like it elsewhere and in the future!"

Anarchist Initiative Ljubljana / Anarhistična pobuda Ljubljana (APL-FAO)

Participativna Ljubljanska Avtonomna Cona (PLAC)
Linhartova 43
Ljubljana, Slovenia
https://squ.at/r/8wlv

- source: https://en.squat.net/

BORDERLINE festival 24.09.2022. Białystok, Poland

 

24/24 - Munk​á​spr​é​s - demo is out now!!!

I was never familiar much with Hungarian diy punk scene, unfortunately, and to be honest that’s kind of strange because I live in neighbor country just few km from the border.. the only bands I actually knew and listened to from there are crust grind machine Human Erorr and fastcore act Dance or Die!!!.. lately I heard for Norms and Berosszulás which recently played in Zagreb but didn’t still closely listened any of them..

anyhow, few weeks ago Tomi from Disparodesire blog and label contacted me and met me with his new band 24/24 and with some raw recordings they made.. those 3 or so songs were good primitive and raw crusty punk and they sure get me interested.. some 2 weeks after they hit me up again with the video for new song "Csend, Rend, Fegyelem" and just few days later with new recordings for first proper demo.. and I can say they made huge progress than on those first raw recordings.. demo is great, 8 songs of fast raw hc punk sung on Hungarian with lyrics as Tomi informed me about actual politics, social stuff, about everyday struggle and of course anti government and president Orbán, against neonazism and racism, etc.. don't know why but music itself reminds me kind of on some latino american style of hc punk, with those backing vocals here and there, but check it for yourself.. fast, simple, angry and uncompromising raw punk in your face..

for now demo is available only in digital form on bandcamp where you can download it for free, but soon will be released on tapes.. favorite track: Nekem Te Ne!

as they are new band and they need promotion feel free to share this demo and a word about them.. they are also looking for gigs in Croatia and Serbia, so if you can help please contact them..

24/24 BANDCAMP

throwback to the 90s with Not Enough and Moment of Collapse records..

last few weeks I feel like punk archeologist.. digging through the depths of internet in search of some crust punk artefacts.. and well, the search was more than successful.. and the best thing and the truth is that I was having complete luck more than really searching and found those stuff more or less accidentally.. two packages arrived at the same day, one from Germany and the other from far away Sweden and both made me extremely happy.. it was long, long time ago that I waited mailman so impatiently like these days..

and yes, you can call me nostalgic bastard or say what you want but bands were better back then and whole thing about hc punk was more sincere and passionate.. that's the fact..

okay, let's see what I found..

HUMANITAR / WASSERDICHT - split LP 

this one on total unexpected place while I was actually searching it for a stream on bandcamp or youtube.. from Moment of Collapse records catalogue for again unexpected 5 euros.. awesome.. never heard of this label before and when I checked the rest of releases they hold didn't find anything interesting for me.. but I'm glad I found this one..

split Lp of two similar hc crust punk bands, Humanitar from Germany and Wasserdicht from Slovenia.. one of the last and the best Wasserdicht's recordings here from 2001.. anyhow, great and legendary record with almost 40 mins of music..

well, that was first find.. and the other, hey what a treasure.. story goes something like this.. crew from awesome Not Enough records (which are celebrating 20th years anniversary these days, btw) decided to buy old Dist and Confuzed distro which was collecting dust somewhere for almost 10 years.. and as you can guess it was hiding a lot of real treasures and already unavailable and pretty rare stuff.. a lot of awesome LPs which I didn't take into consideration because I would go bankrupt, then a bunch of CDs which I don't like as a medium so I skipped even to look for them because I would find something I couldn't resist and then incredible 340, yes you read this right, 340 different 7" titles and I simply couldn't resist to treat myself with some.. and the best thing, as a lot of those are probably unavailable anywhere else they could put all kind of insane prices but they offer it all for more than decent 40 SEK which is around 3.80 €..

WASSERDICHT / KONSTRUKT - split

another one legendary Wasserdicht split, this time with mighty Austrian crust grind band Konstrukt.. released on Slovenian label Jay Walk in 1996..

it comes with really nice folded sleeve with lyrics.. one of those records for which I was sure I won't be able to find anywhere and to own it some day..

TOLSHOCK - The Heritage of Violence / Spikes and Studs...

two EPs of to me one of the best crust bands from Sweden from 90s era, and maybe one of the best in general, actually.. great looking sleeves with lyrics and with classic, for the genre, style and cover art.. 

DECREPIT / SCATHED - split

and probably the best piece of vinyl, musically, of all at here is this one.. split of two bands from Seattle, USA.. amazing Decrepit, one of the best bands ever to me, unbelievably energetic and explosive crustcore grind in veins of Disrupt but even better.. don't believe me? - just try it..

and on other side Scathed to whom I am not really familiar, knew them just because of this split but they are also great hardcore punk crust band, something darker an slower than Decrepit but I will sure look for other stuff of them if I find any..

and this one is definitely the most beautiful, with great artwork on front as well on the back side, especially Scathed part.. also stickers from both bands are included..

DOG ON A ROPE / SANCTUS IUDA - split

I buy this because of S. Iuda but Dog on a Rope are also legendary and well known, maybe even better then Polish, punk band from England.. very politically engaged little split EP with two songs from both sides.. released in faraway 1997 by two Polish labels..

CONTRAVENE / SVART AGGRESSION - split

one more short political attack with two similar bands, this time in more anarcho peace punk style.. USA/Sweden collaboration..

UNDONE - The Other Side

about my love towards this band I already wrote something more HERE and they were sure one of those bands for which I was pretty sure that I won't be able to get my hands and ears dirty on some of their physical records.. emotional hardcore/screamo at it's best.. of course with standard for the genre lyrics, dealing with social problematics, relations between people, etc. but they were also known for political and diy ethics.. this EP was released by Stonehenge Records in 1996 which was their drummers label and I believe it was their last record.. really nice black cover on recycled paper and sleeve style is like mini fanzine with columns (about what music means to the each of band members, about scene and similar stuff) and lyrics, both on French and English..

ARGUE DAMNATION / BOYCOT - split

and for the end the biggest gem of all, basically the reason why I made this order, awesome split by two great bands, released in 1997 by Japanese label F.F.T. in which was, at least I think, Argue Damnation vocalist involved in.. he also stand behind recognizable chaotic artwork which follow almost all A. Damnation records and maybe some more Japanese bands..

Argue Damnation were anarcho crusty raw punk band from Kobe/Osaka, Japan and Boycot were well known politically hc punk from Alkmaar, Netherlands.. one of the most special records to me which I own in surprisingly good shape considering of age and non-standard sleeve which is little oversized than usual 7" wraps and is made from thin recycled paper..

there was a ton of other amazing 7" at Not Enough webshop which grab my attention, a lot of them were already in my "shopping cart" like some Warpath split, comp. EP with Argue Damnation and few more Japanese bands, Urine Specimen, System Shit, Health Hazard, two of Project Hopeless, Burek Death Squat/Patareni split, Prosecution 99 and many, many more, but total weight of package would be over 1kg and postage will unfortunately be double, some crazy amount of cash, almost more expensive as records itself so it wasn't had much sense.. some of those are still available so hurry up, because each comes in one or two pieces only, and grab some real jewels.. the best thing, new items are still coming every day..

nice pair, isn't it!?

PAKT - live @ Gromka, Ljubljana 13.09.2022. - video

 aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

SUKOB / NAILED IN weekend euro tour 2022

 

16/09 Innsbruck, Sillwerk

17/09 Milano, SOS Fornace

18/09 Trento, Dirty Old Carpet

19/09 Ljubljana, Jalla Jalla

SUKOB

NAILED IN

upcoming gig in Čakovec, Croatia

when?..................17.09.2022., Saturday
where?.................Prostor, Čakovec

who?....................NEGATIVE SLUG sludge core, zg

                             BOGEC doom sludge, Vž

                             A GRAM TRIP stoner doom, Zg

entrance?..............30 kn

ANAEROBA - live @ AC Molotov, Ljubljana 15.04.2002. - audio

Anaeroba was hell of a band.. crust punk at it's finest, born in 1997.. one of the best from this area at the time.. they split up just when they were about to conquer the world, somewhere around 2011..

later reformed in 2016-2018 period with new international line up for some tours in USA and Europe..
here are some raw recordings (audio only) from a gig that took place at AC Molotov squat in Ljubljana, back then in 2002.. including some of their best songs and cover of Nausea's "The New Generation".. enjoy the filth!..

- credits: Rostbif at youtube 

EGO - Ego-ism (2021) - 12" LP

Band................................Ego
Album..............................Ego-ism
Year.................................2021
Genre...............................hc punk
Format.............................vinyl, LP
Country............................Germany
Web.................................youtube, bandcamp
Label................................Agipunk

most probably the biggest (positive) surprise in last two years in the world of hc punk to me personally.. Ego is international band based in Berlin, Germany and vocalist is Nesha (Doomsday Graphics) and if you know which bands he was part of in the past (Unutrašnji Bunt, Nakot, G.A.U., etc.) immediately you know this can’t be bad.. and sure it isn’t, just contrary it’s pretty much amazing..
Ego-Ism is their debut recordings originally self released by the band as a tape in two presses and one by Voice From Inside tapes (100 pieces each) just before the beginning of pandemic (how appropriately) in January 2020 and in the middle of 2021 luckily the crew from Agipunk decided to put this out on the 12” vinyl.. why luckily?.. because of two things, first tapes were quickly sold out and the second this is whole new and better experience to listen those recordings on vinyl, you now, one of those which simply deserve and must be pressed on this magic medium, it was meant to be since the beginning..
we have here 10 tracks of dark, heavy and harsh punk hardcore, somehow very specific and original, I don’t know to whom I would compare it, they have this Unutrašnji Bunt vibe in slower songs, like "Dekadent" and "Robovi Slobode" but on the other side completely different.. also it’s very hard to stuff them into only one genre, but you’ll see/hear for yourself.. be ready to be thrown right into the 80’s atmosphere and mood which will chew you but with few outbursts will spit you out in dark present with relevant sound as same with meaning and message.. just as they would say – punk music for dark times..
anyhow, song structure varies from song to song and they are from one and half minute like 2nd on the A side of vinyl, direct and simple "Stupid" to even 8 minutes long as the closing one on B side "Moć".. while most of them are in some mid-tempo (but still angry), there are few slow, very atmospheric songs, to the fast ones, real d-beat attacks like "Ljudi", "Do You Love?" or my favorite "Mrtva Budučnost".. except above mentioned originality the fact that songs don’t sound the same one to another is one of the main benefits of the record.. two of them are shouted on English and rest are on Serbian which for sure also contributes to specificity of the sound and the whole thing about this demo..

production is superb and sound is perfect, surprisingly for a demo and debut recordings, but also on the other side members are old wolves on hc punk underground and recorded this by themselves, obviously they knew exactly what they wanted..
vinyl itself is simple, my is black, with simplest cover ever but with all the necessary info as well as lyrics and translations of the same.. cover art is of course by mighty Doomsday Graphics.. there were all together 300 copies pressed, 100 on white vinyl but I am somehow sure it will be repressed again in the future and become cult record of one era in hc punk history.. still available from Agipunk for 12 or 13 euros for the white one.. and if you are from Croatia try at Sumoggu or Doomtown Records..

SORE THROAT

"Sore Throat formed in 1987 in Yorkshire, United Kingdom with one goal in mind: play loud and drunk noise. Call Sore Throat an "anti-all star" group of punkers from other bands like Doom, Deviated Instinct, Extreme Noise Terror and whatnot who have had their fair share of being in the "scene" for a while.
Sore Throat were an early crust/grindcore style band with a huge punk rock attitude. They are known as one of the first bands to innovate a style of grindcore called "noisecore". Though they seem very forgotten, they were apart of the hardcore/grindcore movement of the mid-late 80's in the United Kingdom and known for their "fuck you" attitude, harsh humor and ridicule in their music about other bands, society and so on. They sometimes were seen as a parody band while at times, they were also seen as a drunk political punk band. They were also one of the first known bands to incorporate many sample use in their music.

Some topics Sore Throat tackled lyrically in their music ranged from their distaste for Nazi's, capitalism, straight edges, and even taunted such bands like ..D.R.I..., ..S.O.D..., ..Napalm Death.., ..Suicidal Tendencies.. and so on. While the band talked a lot about corruption, they did have messages in their music which typically talked about being pro-vegetarian, pro-alcohol and definitely pro-hardcore music. They weren't really a band set to make history or make a stand in the punk community... they just wanted to get drunk, make noise and be the "craziest" band they could. They served as a band who pointed out what was "wrong" with the hardcore punk scene back in those days, especially heavily criticizing and slandering ..Napalm Death.. and ..D.R.I... constantly in their music.
Early demos and EP's, like the self titled (aka the "Death To Capitalist Hardcore" EP in 1987) were raw sounding and... well, messy sounding to say the least and most songs were always under a minute long. Most songs were blast-beat style grindcore.
The band's breakthrough and first full length LP, "Unhindered By Talent" in 1988, demonstrated the raw power and noise Sore Throat was capable of making. Some songs were traditional sounding Discharge-influenced hardcore punk anthems while most of the songs were short blast beat songs tending to be under 10 seconds.

Their 1988 LP "Disgrace to the Corpse of Sid" can be constituted as one of the earliest experimentations in grindcore and hardcore music, taking a very "anti-music" stance; even more "anti-music" than most other fast style grindcore acts at that time. They incorporated distortion, blast beats, screams and grunts, and loads of sound effects. Up to this point, Sore Throat was seen as one of the earliest examples of noisecore music. Though the album was crazy in a unharmonized sense, the B side of the LP featured a doom style crust punk in the vein of Amebix.
Their last full length "Never Mind The Napalm... Here's Sore Throat" (1989) is seen as a more crust hardcore punk album with doom laden moments, not having a "noisecore" style like their last album and the album wasn't as grindcore as past releases. This release was the closest that Sore Throat came to being more straight up crust punk.
Upon future releases, they went under different names like "Soar Throat" and "Saw Throat" and released such albums like "Inde$troy", which was one whole long song comprised of doom punk, crust punk and even industrial.
The band has been broken up since 1990 due to conflicting problems within the band...

There will be no reunion. Ever. Fuck the world."


..crucified freedom.. note:
they still make one reunion gig in 1 in 12 Club in Bradford in 1991 and this year (2022) in May they released new album "Starving Wolves Stand & Fight", also are very active on facebook and bandcamp, where you can listen or download some of their stuff, as well as on reissuing some old records in collaboration with few labels.. 

Official Music Discography:

- Aural Butchery demo (1987)
- Death To Capitalist Hardcore EP (aka self titled EP) (1987)
- Noise Annoys demo (1988)
- Unhindered By Talent LP/cassette (1988) (Cassette came with 42 extra tracks, these being the "Death To Capitalist Hardcore" EP.)
- Disgrace To The Corpse Of Sid LP/CD (1988)
- Inde$troy LP/CD (the band went under Saw Throat for this release) (1988)
- Never Mind The Napalm... MLP/cassette (European edition: 60 tracks, USA edition: 16 tracks) (1989)
- Soar Throat EP (the band went under the name Soar Throat for this release) (1989)
- And We Don't Care compilation CD (1989)
- Poison Idea/No Handle Beer demo (two Poison Idea covers and one original track) (1989)
- Death to Capitalist Halmshaw compilation CD (featuring all Sore Throat demo tracks, Death To Capitalist Hardcore EP and rare live material and unreleased stuff) (2006)

- Starving Wolves Stand & Fight (2022)


Samplers/Compilations Sore Throat Terrorized:

- A Vile Peace LP (Peaceville)
- Spleurk LP (Meantime)
- Grindcrusher LP (Earache)
- The Hysterical Years LP (Manic Ears)
- Six Ways 7" LP (German Label)
- Summertime Sampler 7" Flexi (Skateboard magazine)
- Volnitza LP (1 In 12 Records)


Bootleg Shit:

- Abraham's Ear 7" EP (Aural Butchery demo re-released plus bonus live tracks)
- Death To Capitalist Hardcore EP (bootlegged 3 times with red/black sleeve)
- Death To Capitalist Grindcore LP
- Death To Capitalist Thrashcore LP
- F.O.A.D. studio/live LP (first half of this release is Rich's post-Sore Throat band Sludgelord)
- Algo Que Nunca Fue CD
- Encerrado En El Trago CD
- Never Mind The Napalm... CD
- Disgrace To The Corpse Of Sid CD (according to Rich, the copy from Japanese label Toy's Factory)

- credits: biography is taken from Metal Storm

               photos and posters are from Sore Throat facebook page and from all over the internet