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Setback posted 2 new songs

Setback posted new songs on their profile called World Of Lies and Talk Shit Get Hit. Now relax and click here to listen to this shit!

Folsom - Neon Light Nights
Filled With Hate 2008

The way they combine fast, traditional hardcore with mosh parts is simply wonderful. From the gang vocals to the heavy breakdowns that make you want to kill everybody in the pit, this CD delivers everything I need from the hardcore record. Folsom is easily one of the best bands around and this CD is one of the brightest spots in 2008 when it comes to hardcore.

It’s raw, aggressive, sincere and passionate. They know how to deliver solid breakdowns but most of the songs rely on good old fashioned hardcore. Traces of Madball, Agnostic Front, Wisdom In Chains and Death Threat linger in Folsom’s work but make no bones about it: they know how to keep it fresh and bring their own style to the table. They’re one of those bands that are able to use all the best influences available in hardcore to create something of their own style. It’s really hard to pick the best song on this album. Wicked Ways is a great opener and one of the heaviest tracks on the album with tight riffing and gang shouted chorus. The band picks up the pace on the Stranglehold, which is oi! Influenced punch in the face. Doing The Devils Work and Neon Light Nights follow the same pattern, with nice punk rock feeling and powerful but bitter lyrics. I really tried to be more critical this time and was looking for something to pick on, but didn’t find anything to complain about. Folsom proved they’re one of the best bands around.

Folsom @ Myspace

Violence Approved

Violence Approved hail from Germany and will appeal to those of you who like bands like Madball, Terror or Hoods. They are pretty successful with the way they mix old school sound with some metal influences.

Your band has pretty aggressive name. Could you explain the meaning behind it? Why did you call it that?
Well there is not really a big meaning behind it. It sounds good ;-)

What’s the story behind Violence Approved? What you guys have released so far?
VIOLENCE APPROVED was founded in summer 2004 by MARKUS EHRE (ex- Linger / epilogue). After recording the 5 song demo at the DEATH TONE STUDIOS we published it DIY. Almost 1000 copies have been sold across Germany and the US. You will find songs from the Demo on some samplers like "A SIGN OF FRIENDSHIP", "FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL" or "SUCK CITY 6" and on "SUCK CITY 8 vinyl". We played shows across Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. In 2005 we recorded the new record "LET THE GAMES BEGIN" at the SONIC SOUND STUDIOS. It was released March 2008 on VINYL JUNKIES REC. We will hit the studio this year again but it is not 100% sure when. We only know that it will be 2009.

Your music is hard to pin down, because it fuses many elements of both old and new school hardcore. What inspires you to write your songs?
There are tons of bands that influence us. We really love the "ny style" like Biohazard, Madball, Merauder and many more.

What was your best and the worst show so far?
We played some really good shows with terror and more. But the very best show was the support show for biohazard on their 20th anniversary tour! haha worst show? Shit that are too many ;-) but they are also fun! :-)

What inspired you to become a part of hardcore scene?
We never wanted to be a part we just do what we love to do.

What do you think hardcore is lacking? What do you think hardcore needs these days to stay as raw and powerful as it should be?
Hardcore must stay raw and powerful...but I think it could gain much more.

How do you get along with the rest of the Germany hardcore scene? What bands would you recommend for everybody to check out?
Well I would say that we get along pretty well and I can’t really tell you any bands that you should check out. I mean there are so many really good bands that even I don’t know..So just keep your eyes and ears open :-)

How do you feel about divisions in hardcore? Like SxE kids supporting only SxE bands, old school kids going to only old school shows etc. Do you think with so many subgenres of hardcore, real unity is possible?
Well around our area I would say that unity is quite impossible. There are hundreds of reasons why it can’t work, it would take way to long to explain that to you. I don’t like the divisions...everyone should support what he likes.

And this leads us to emo scene. I know you guys are not the biggest fans of this style. Why do you think it got so popular and how far do you predict this trend will go?
I don’t know why it’s so popular. We hope it never comes to an end!! We need something to laugh ;-) well you said it! It’s a trend and trends come and go. This one lasts a little longer but I guess it will be over soon. Here a lot of the emo kids are getting more and more into hardcore and other genres like electro and such things....it’s kinda weird but very funny. We love the scenesters :-)

I know it sounds crazy but I’ve heard there are some people in Germany who think you can be a nazi and a hardcore kid at the same time. How big is this problem?
That problem is huge!!!! And you can’t be a "nazi" and call yourself hardcore. If you title yourself "hardcore" you take a stand somehow if you like it our not. All that nazi racist stuff has nothing to do with hardcore and we are trying to fight it where ever we can. But the whole pc and posi thing is also pretty absurd. In these days you can not always act pc and be positive. Its good that people try that but you can’t make it through this way

Any final words? What can we expect from you in the future?
Final words? Hmm no not really...just expect our new record this year and come to one of your shows and party hard with us!

ToKill new mcd out soon

Message from the band:

Evoking the Maelström

The defense of the animal rights always had an essential place in every heartbeat in To Kill. We always tried to spread this value as much as we could with every tool we had. through our songs, talking at our shows, in the interviews we did..... this, together with some other ideals, was a key issue of the band, as important as our music.

During all these years involved in the enviromentalist movement we've got to know so many organizations and collectives, together with a huge amount of hearts filled with this passion that we also share.

Of all those organization there was one that always caught our interest and that always received our support as individuals: the SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY. Since 1977 these people fight every day putting their lives in danger for what they believe in, defending the oceans and the wildlife from the violence that sometimes (more and more often actually) mankind is able to create. With direct action and passion as their main weapons in reaching their goals,with the lead of Captain Paul Watson, this group of bravehearts deserves all of our support.

So We decided to release a mcd and devolve all the income to this organization to support them in their daily struggles so that we can help them in their endeavour with what we have: the chance to express through the hardcore scene.

So we are writing this announcing to all of you the release of MAELSTRÖM. 2 new heavy and honest songs which are 120% Tokill.

We are really happy to share with you the first material we have done for our new record which is coming out in fall. these 2 songs are, as usual, the result of everything we are, we tried to push ourselves to the best of what we can, putting our hearts and our blood into our music.

To these new songs we added and old "classic" re-recorded to which we also added something new: the song "1001" days which was the first song off our first record.
and since we wanted something more we will also have a bonus track with a spoken word from none the less than Greg Bennick from Trial and Between Earth and Sky and music from our friend Christian Di Vito (myspace. com/christiandivito). We are so happy Greg agreed to work with us since he has been with his band and his lyrics source of inspiration in our hc life, so with this occasion we also had the chance to get to know him better or, for some of us, to know him for the first time in our life, and we are really thankful of having him as a friend... Greg is also going to be our guest vocalist in one of the songs and this is simply amazing to us.

The recordings have been done with the help of our friend Alex JM @ HellSmell studio, and mixed and mastered from Riccardo Pasini @ Studio73 (Ephel Dual, Memoryes of Apocalypse, This is a Stand off).

We have to express our gratitude to Matteo@Nexus Enterprises and Lexi@Desperate Days Designworks for taking care of all the visual aspects of this release, lending their precious time to the cause and wanting nothing more in return than being a part of this project.

Special thanks go out to Theo and Rob@Gsr records for letting us do this release in complete freedom and for always being more than supportive with us.

The cd sounds amazing and we really had a hard time deciding which song to put on myspace due to the fact that to us they are both amazing, heavy and catchy even if they are different one another.

Maelström will be totally self produced just to be sure that all the money will go for the benefit and at our shows you can obviously decide to overpay it and we will make sure everything will go to Sea Shepherd.

Make sure you'll get your own copy, support them with all the help you can give them and if you don't know the sea shepherd conservation society, please check them out (www. seashepherd. org).

MAELSTRÖM will be released in the end of april but stay tuned to find out a preorder and an online way to get a copy. it will obviously be available at all of our shows as well.

For the Earth, the Oceans and all form of life.

MEGATSUNAMI
TK

Murderers Row posted new song

Murderers Row 5th, upcoming album, "The Bully Breed" is coming soon! Featuring 12 original, soon to be classics like, Hellbent For Rock N Roll, Trainwreck and Piss Poor Working Class, you'll be throwing yer fists in the air! (and mabey a few chairs too!). Listen to the new song here.