Backlash - Through Different Eyes 2x12" discography pre-orders are up

28 songs spanning the entire existence of this mainstay of the New Jersey hardcore scene. Includes everything from their demo, 7"s, LP, and all comp tracks all presented on a double LP in a beautiful gatefold cover with insert & digital download. Choice of vinyl colors: white, clear and black. Ship date 5/18/2010. Brought to you by 1124 Records.

Spook Records released Blindside discography

Sudestra Familia is a compilation of all the recordings Blindside (Poland) did during their existance. It contains never previously released 'My Sweet Vengeance' album, their first MCD 'Kickback' and couple of demos. 35 tracks altogether, almost 80 minutes of hardcore. For fans of Sheer Terror, Warzone, Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags...

Ill Intent - Crash Test

Ill Intent is all about fourious and powerful hardcore. They keep it fast, but know how to lower the pace and add a good amount of groove here and there and it really suits the music very well. Check out their Myspace for the lyrics.

Strength For A Reason / Bleed Into One - Europe Tour 2010

Stronger Bookings presents Filled With Hate / Stillborn recording artists Strength For A Reason and German hardcore powerhouse Bleed Into One this August 5th - 15th for their 2010 European tour. For the complete list of dates and up to the minute info / news on this tour check here!

Vista fanzine #3 is out

Vista Fanzine #3 is available right now! Interviews with: Converge, Caliban, These Three Poisons, Wrench In The Works, Candiria. Brian Peterson/"Burning Fight" book author. Plus a special feature called, In The Rear view: interview with, Bloodlet. 63 pages in all. 8 1/2 x 11 zine. Music reviews, live photos & some other cool stuff. This zine ain't gonna be around forever, so get your copy here!

Renegade - Corporal Punishment

Here's the new track from Renegade called Corporal Punishment. The band is currently working to get their new album, Break The Boundries, out this May. You can preorder it here.

Copykill

As most of you already know, Copykill are back together and they're out for blood. The name of their latest full length, Fucking Restless, says it all. We thought it would be good idea to get in touch with the guys and check what they're up to nowadays. Here's the outcome!

As most of you already know, Copykill are back together and they're out for blood. The name of their latest full length, Fucking Restless, says it all. We thought it would be good idea to get in touch with the guys and check what they're up to nowadays. Here's the outcome!

As every now and then both "Victim Or Witness" and "Conceptions of Mayhem" get their share of spins in my CD player, I was really excited when I heard you’re planning to release new album. So what's the reason behind this move? When did you decide it’s time for Copykill to hit the stage again?

Boris: Well actually it was more of a party mood that we decided to run Copykill again. It was Kevin from End of Days' birthdayparty and we all got together and had some drinks and a good time. Then someone was joking around "hey, lets ressurect End of Days and Copykill and let´s do a split release!"... At that time End of Days were still broken up, my band that I was running at that time, Deadsoil, was more or less done anyway and Clobberin Time had a hard time. At first I wasn´t too much into the idea to do Copykill again but i figured that we all get along so well again now and the idea became serious after a couple of days. That was sometime at the end of 2008.

We all hit the rehearsal-room to pick up the old songs first and started to write new songs kinda quick. Mid 2009 we started to record five new songs and four old, overworked songs that would be our new record "fucking restless". Unfortunately the idea of doing a split release with End of Days didn´t work out yet, but we will see what the future holds for that!

So what’s been happening with band’s members since 2002 when Copykill was put to rest?

Boris: It was me who quit the band after some bad things happend to the band and things pushed up inside the band. After quiting, Chris, Stefan and Sascha decided to go on but chose another name, Clobberin Time was born. I had plans to do a more metal orientated band with some old friends of mine and we found Deadsoil. Since our friends in Drift - the band we did the split CD with - also broke up at the same time Copykill did, I asked Marcel to join Deadsoil on vocals what he did for some time. Holger who left the band some months before we broke up found Machinemade God.

How do you think the experience of playing in bands like Deadsoil or Clobberin Time added to the strength of the music you make with Copykill?

Boris: We all became more aware of how to write songs and how to run a band. Our Song writing became more mature due to the experiences that we all made by playing in all the other bands. You also learn how to set up your gear and how to play better live-gigs.

Your brand new album Fucking Restless has been released recently. How do you feel it compares with the rest of the Copykill catalogue? How do you see the evolution of the band?

Chris: As mentioned before, the song writing turned out to be more mature. We all worked in other bands until they split up, so we all brought new experiences into the song writing process.
We just wanted to start where we left in 2002. Again we wanted to bring the best of old school and metal -everything we like- back together into the new songs, like we did in the past and I guess this worked out very good. I guess we just do what we wanna do.
We don’t want to limit us to one special sound or style.
Sure we wont do some weird experiments and become a hardcore-metall-dancehall-whatever band I guess we just keep on writing music we love and we will see what the future brings.

How important is the message in the lyrics for you. Could you describe some of the principle themes that drive the Fucking Restless?

Chris: Lyrics are very important for me. Sadly most of the kids nowadays don’t notice the lyrics in a way I noticed them back in the days. Lyrics always were very important to me. The first thing I still do when I get a new cd or 7inch, is check the lyrics to the songs. I wanna know what drives the band and what message they wanna bring to the audience and listener.
We write lyrics about our daily life, things we see and feel. Some of the lyrics are pissed about nowadays society, how people close their eyes to the problems surrounding us all, some of the lyrics deal about friendship.
I use the Lyrics to show the listener some of my views and things that pisses me of in daily life. Some of the lyrics show the fear about death and the end of life. I see the world and the society like hypnotized roboters, controlled by the TV and media. We all must reflect ourselves and view how we live life everyday. I don’t want to be dictated by the media so for me theres nearly no tv. Mostly I use the Internet to inform myself and don’t watch all the crab on TV nowadays. All the fucked up shows like “Germanys next Topmodel” or “Germanys next superstar”, all this casting shows. I hate it.
So what is the writing process for you? Do you have a theme in mind or do you start with the music and then write the lyrics?

Chris: First we write the music the we write the lyrics. I write some stuff here and there in my black book and use the ideas for new lyrics.

Tell me about Copykill’s performance element. During your sets, what type of response from the crowd you are most glad to get?

Chris: We don´t care how the crowd reacts when we play as long as they have fun and feel the energie. Everything is welcome, stagedives, singalongs, moshpits... you name it.

Do you ever notice an overly aggressive crowd? Does it get too violent?

Chris: The kids want to get their aggression out in a positive way. That’s what I did and that’s a good thing about hardcore and one thing that thrilled me nack in the days. First show I was and i saw the people get crazy and dance hard It really was a blast. I was so smashed that I wanted to go to the next show asap. Hardcore is a way to express yourself and the dancing at shows is one part of the scene. The people wanna fuck shit up and get all the negativity out in a positive way and not try to set up fights. But sometimes the wrong people come together and a fight breaks loose. Most of the time fights happen cous new people or people that aren’t involved into the scene don’t know how to act during a show. They stand in the first row and get pissed if they get hit. So when this happens many of the people in the audience try to explain them that they should better stand in the back. If they don’t wanna listen, okay their problem I guess. Everyday you learn.

You guys are proudly representing Ruhrport scene. What’s happening over there in terms of hardcore? What are the most active bands, labels and venues?

Boris: We are glad to be a part of the Ruhrpott Hardcore Scene! Its a good location to live at, you can reach everything really fast since we live close to the Netherlands, Belgium, France and also England is reachable within 5 hours. Some of the most active bands (not only Hardcore) from here are Black Friday 29, Caliban, Kreator, In Blood We Trust, Zero Mentality, Reduction, Fallbrawl, Blastout just to name a few. Even if Filled With Hate Records is not located in the Ruhrpott, they still are very connected to our scene, Rico 17Stiches frequently sets up very good organised and good frequented shows and festivals. The Proberäume in Duisburg is the hot stop for good shows. Also Marcel from RBS used to set up a lot of shows. We have a smaller label called "Massive Bloodshet Records" who for example released the Brothers in Crime CD. It really seems that it all is growing bigger again.

And what was life like growing up in Ruhrpott area? What are the best and worst aspects of life over there?

Chris: We all had the chance to grow up in one of the biggest parts of the german hardcore Scene. Every band back in the days and even now stops in this area during a European tour. So you get the chance to see a good show every week. Good aspects are like you heard, kinda every weekend a good show, you can reach many different countries fast and bad things ... hm I guess the same shit that goes on everywhere…

Could you give us the rundown, what do you have coming up? What’s next for Copykill?

We wanna play as many shows possible in 2010 and I hope we can bring you vinyl version of our new cd. I guess there will be a tour around June-Juli throughout Europe. So keep your eyes open for this.
If you wanna book us for a show just drop us a line.

Anything you’d like to say to the kids out there?

Support your local scene and keep hardcore alive and kicking! MOSH!

Injury Time "The Vex" debut full-length cd out now on Rucktion Records

Injury Time debut full-length 'The Vex' is out now on Rucktion Records. It's a follow up to succesful split with Wisdom In Chains. Here's a good description of their style: "Their rough, negative and hateful style, full of tales of urban conflict, nihilism and denied redemption has won them fans far and wide, and their impassioned and energetic stage presence never fails to convince that they are the real deal."

Prowler debut full-length out now on Rucktion

LBU New Blood! Long-overdue Prowler debut full-length cd called Strictly 3.5 out now on Rucktion. Better be ready for this! 13 tracks in total. Promoters get in touch, Prowler are currently booking shows, wherever u are...

New Feet First album out now

New Feet First full length called “Heaven Home Hell” is finally out! Be sure to get your copy and brand new merchandise here. Expect 11 tracks of brutal metallic hardcore with a strong message and lyrics in English as well as in German. The album includes features from Kevin “End of Days”, Matthi “Nasty” and Christian from “United and Strong” and a lot of other nice specials.

Still Fighting - GrimVisions

New Still Fighting track and they still go hard! Heavy and aggressive hardcore delivered by a highly talented group of guys who obviously love what they do. Labels, don't sleep, they're still unsigned!

Knuckle Up! have their debut Ep out

Knuckle Up got their debut EP ready for order at their webstore! Check out their Myspace for new songs. It's been released by the band themselves so give 'em a proper support!

Burning Season Festival - 17-18 July 2010

Burning Season festival will take place 17-18 July 2010. Two days packed with the best of what hardcore got to offer nowadays - from Hoods to Evergreen Terrace, from Death Before Dishonor to Arkangel. 2-day ticket costs €42,00 in pre-sales. Festival tickets are limited to 800 pieces every day. Info on location and directions are here. Click here for the festival's official website.

Here's the confirmed line-up so far:

SATURDAY 17 JULY 2010
bsr trennlinie
OPEN DOORS 12.30
FIRST BAND 13.00
END around 23.30

BEFORE SUNSET
SHOW YOUR TEETH
IN OTHER CLIMES
ANCHOR
BURY MY SINS
THE SETUP
PURIFICATION
MISCONDUCT
CONFRONTO
NO TURNING BACK
ANOTHER BREATH
FIRST BLOOD
MAROON
HOODS

SUNDAY 18 JULY 2010
OPEN DOORS 12.30
FIRST BAND 13.00
END around 21.30

GIVE EM BLOOD
CARNEVALS BLOOD DISASTER
A STRENGTH WITHIN
RUINER
NASTY
CARPATHIAN
MORDA
ME AND MARK
DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR
ARKANGEL
EVERGREEN TERRACE

New 7" from Down To Nothing out now on Reaper Records

Down To Nothing is a band featuring members of Terror and Trapped Under Ice brings 6 hard hitting tracks with their newest 7" called All My Sons. It's already out on Reaper Records. New songs posted on their Myspace profile.

Homicidal to release new album

New CD from Homicidal out soon featuring 16 tracks with guest star appearances by Danny Diablo, Jorge from Merauder, Eddie Sutton from Leeway, Puda from Agents of Man and Martin from BCS. Stay tuned for more news!

Hard To Split featuring Overcome, Through This Defiance, Grankapo and Twenty Fighters

Hard To Split is a split CD featuring 4 powerful HC bands. Overcome from Portugal, Through This Defiance from Los Angeles, USA, Grankapo also from Portugal and Twenty Fighters from Spain. The idea is to put 4 bands working together spreading what they do best: hardcore music. The split CD was released by HELL XIS Agency. Check out their Myspace profile here.

Those Who Fear - Revelation

Here's the new track from Those Who Fear outta Pittsburgh. The band sticks to the heavier side of hardcore but they maintain a good balance and the core element is still here.

Blind To Faith - Feast Upon

Pulling Teeth announces split 5″ with Shin To Shin

Shin To Shin is Aaron Melnick's from Integrity/In Cold Blood/The Inmates new band.

Official info from A389 Records:

"The final pieces are coming together for the upcoming PT split 5″. The unannounced band on side B has been finalized and are called SHIN TO SHIN. Aaron Melnick from Integrity/In Cold Blood/The Inmates new band. You may have heard a taste of the PT side ‘Grudgeholder’ already, look for a taste of S2S’s side ‘Extinction’ very soon. Ripping riffs and leads all over this record. Info coming soon. We’re stoked."

Throwback Thursday: Biohazard - A Lot To Learn

Human Demise - The Odditorium

Human Demise brings us their new album and they are here to blow us away with some of the most powerful tunes I’ve heard lately. I like their mentality on this album – ne time is wasted on bullshit, the band is getting straight to the point from the first notes. The moment the first song busts out of the speakers you can feel the music coming at your neck and it never lets go.

The overall feeling of the album is somewhere between brutality and darkness. Comparisons have been made between Human Demise and names like Ringworm or Integrity and it’s not far from the truth. Too much of a good thing can be a curse, and that also goes for the whole Holy Terror trend we’ve beet witnessing lately. One can’t deny that it gave us a lot of dope bands that really know how to do this shit right, but it also spawned bunch of copycats that are just lame and silly. Luckily, if you look at Human Demise in this way, they definitely fall into the first group and hold their own in this crowded scene. While they do have a lot in common with Cleveland sound, somehow they also manage to have a style that’s all their own. From creative but heavy guitar riffs and solos, to intense drumming and sick vocals, every piece come together flawlessly. A lot of good things can be said about the vocals. I think Maurice is doing a great job here, putting a lot of emotions in every line he spits. Much of the albums grasp can be credited to him.

It’s good to see this band getting better and better with every release. Their sound is richer and songs more complex, but at the same time they still know how to hit it where it hurts.


Author: Dloogi
Label:WTF Records
Year: 2010

Check out the band at Myspace

New Keep It Real (no.9) fanzine is now available

After almost 2 years since the release of issue 8, issue 9 hit the streets on 19th March 2010. A huge 48-pages publication dedicated to the hardcore / punk music & attitude. Place your order here.

Featuring interviews with:
Greg Bennick (Trial), Birds Of A Feather, Lewd Acts, Confronto, Vitamin X, To Kill, Pulling Teeth, Poison The Well and Despite Everything.

Plus:
6 pages photo report of Fluff fest '09, a thought provoking article concerning Krishna Hardcore Consciousness and tons of reviews.
Cover art by Peio.
Layout by Ultra Grim Disign.

Circulation: 500 copies
Format: A4 b/w (2-colors cover), pro-printed
Wholesale prices / trades: hxf_prodaxionz@yahoo.com
No paypal? hxf_prodaxionz@yahoo.com

First 50 copies will be accompanied by a World's Appreciated Kitsch patch.

Strength Through Determination by Unstable Foundation is finally here

Unstable Foundation posted 3 new tracks from the upcoming album on their Myspace. In December of 2009, Unstable Foundation agreed to a deal with "On The Attack Records" to release their debut album "Strength Through Determination". The album is available for order!

Legend posted new tracks on their Myspace profile

Legend have posted two tracks on their Myspace couple of days ago. “Harlot” and “Insight“ are from “Valediction” which is due out May 25th through Rise Records. The album was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, MA with producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, The Acacia Strain).

Debut Ep from Trench War to be out early this Summer

Trench War is woking on their debut EP which should be out this Summer. The band is currently in the process of recording it and working on the artwork. Expect 5 songs of metallic hardcore with guest vocals from Rob McCarthy from Lionheart. As of now, the band is planning to release it by themselves, but all the labels are welcome to get in touch.

No title yet, but here's the initial tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Outnumbered
3. The Omen
4. Interlude
5. Untitled.
6. Unrivaled
7. Tell All Your Friends i Said Fuck Them Too

Purification statement on rumors about them being...

Official statement from Andrea Campanelli, Purification guitar player:

In reply to the false rumors that have been circulating, we want to make clear that Purification NEVER had, has or will have anything to do with any xenophobe, nationalist, fascist or nazist movement.

We are outraged by those people filled with envy and hate with nothing better to do that spread false news over the web to put Purification in a bad light.

We invite also whoever has any doubt or question about Purification to talk to us at any of the upcoming European shows.

Warm regards

Redound - Sam Sreshtu Vsichki (ft. Rijia)

One Strength! - Change By Chance

Here's new song from Australia based One Strength! Nice and moving hardcore with some melody thrown in for a good measure. I urge you to visit their website and read the lyrics to this one - it's worth it!

Still Screaming - From The Ashes Of A Dead Time

Still Screaming owes a great debt to the classic NYHC sound. Actually, it sounds more like an European interpretation of this style, bringing to mind bands like Only Attitude Counts or Backfire. It’s nothing new, but I can’t help liking this album. The band doesn’t try any new tricks, but if it works, why mess with the formula?

The album is filled with gang vocals, circle pit parts and breakdowns and it’s enough to make every fan of the genre happy. My only problem with this album is that I find it very hard to pick out a song or two that stand out from the rest. Basically, all of the them are sounding pretty much equal. I don’t even know if I should consider it as a minus here cause overall, the album is a good listen on a whole. I also got to mention the superb artwork on this one. Not only cover, but the whole insert looks great with lots of pics and all the lyrics. You’re definitely getting some quality for your buck!

Still Screaming have been around for a while and had time to learn their craft so you can expect quality hardcore from them and there’s no disappointment here. Check it out if you dig this style of hardcore.

Author: Dloogi
Label:WTF Records
Year: 2010

Check out the band at Myspace

Creeping Death - Demo 2009

Holy shit, this stuff sounds so powerful! Creeping Death play hardcore with a huge dose of thrash influences. Their sound is near perfection with complex song writing, tight musicianship and insane vocals on top of it. Riffs are razor shape and rhythm section always on point.

They even throw in some solos now and then. If I had to pick my favorite track, I would go for Turn To Dust – it is a truly great song and surely gets stuck in your ears quite fast. Actually I couldn't pick out a song here that's not awesome.The demo is all fluid and coherent and I’m really surprised they haven’t been picked up by any label yet.

Author: Dloogi
Year: 2009
Band's webiste

Copout - This Is The Time

Here's Copout from Philadelphia. This is a track off of their self released Burn The Bridge. The song is called This Is The Time and features guest vocals by Ziggy from Barricade.

Wolf City joined Double Or Nothing roster

Unchecked Aggression is a title for the debut LP from Wolf City. It will hit the store June 8th via Double Or Nothing records. Here's official press release:

This Reno, NV straight edge powerhouse caught our eye shortly before a west coast tour with The Mongoloids and we're extremely excited to be releasing their debut full length cd "Unchecked Aggression". Recorded with producer Andrew Glover (of Winds of Plague) at Sound Temple Studio in Rancho Cucamonga California, "Unchecked Aggression" will be available in stores everywhere and online this June 8th.

You can check out 2 tracks from the record right now on the bands official myspace page. www.myspace.com/wolfcityreno

American Werewolves joined Warbird Entertainment

Warbird Entertainment has inked a deal with Cleveland-based punk outfit American Werewolves. The band has a slew of albums under their belts and will release their latest full-length, Wanderers Forever, this Spring. Those unfamiliar can check out material from the band here.

Renegade to drop new EP in May

Renegade from Australia have recorded new songs for their upcoming EP The Boundaries. 8 mosh filled tracks is what to be expected here. It will be available from May 9. Keep updated with their myspace profile as the new tracks and layout should arrive sometime soon!

DEAD REPRISE set to release CD/LP (feat HF of Ringworm) in July

Swedish hardcore band DEAD REPRISE will enter the legendary Abyss Studio (Celtic Frost, Dark Funeral, Hypocrisy) with producer Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, ex-Carnal Forge) to record their 2nd full length in May.

The new effort is entitled ”THE UNVEILING” and will be out on the 24th of July through Monument Records in Europe and Get This Right in the US. The official release show is on the 24th of July in Linköping, Sweden with one of their main influences Earth Crisis, who are back on swedish soil for the first time since 1997. ”The Unveiling” features 11 tracks including the track ”The Famine” with Human Furnace of Ringworm on guest vocals (listen to this track here).

Drummer Anders states:

”We’re more than happy to enter the studio with Jonas Kjellgren again! He recorded our last two releases ”Death Of A Nation” (DVI) and our first full length ”Day Of Defiance” (GSR) and we can’t be more satisfied with that sound. This time we feel stronger and more focused than ever. Patrick grown a lot with his lyrics as he explored some material about ”the Four Horsemen” that will be the theme on this album. Im proud to have a true legend like HF of Ringworm screaming a couple of lines on our record and satisfied to have Dave Quiggle from N.I.V. doing the artwork. It’s all going to turn out as a great package of good quality swedish hardcore and im excited to work with long time friends at Monument Records and Dave Heck (ex-Palehorse) and John Bowes (CDC) new label Get This Right handling the release overseas. Be on the lookout for ”The Unveiling” on the 24th of July!”

Delusions Of Lunacy vs. Words Of Concrete split out now

BDHD have just released Delusions Of Lunacy and Words Of Concrete split CD entitled New Kidz On The Block. Expect double dose of deathcore/beatdown hardcore with guest appearance from Matthi from Nasty. This stuff sounds pretty promising so all the kids into breakdowns make sure you give it a try. You can get it for 6€ here.

South Impact to release new MCD

One year after the release of the debut album "Codex", South Impact strikes again with "Res a Provar". It contains 6 tracks of metallized hardcore in the vein of Madball, Earth Crisis, Sick of it All and All Out War. Still standing strong and true with nothing to prove!

Thick as Blood - All Or Nothing

Drama

Drama from Barcelona (Spain) brings some good old hardcore/punk vibes with a nice metallic touch. They've been compared to classic acts like Cro-Mags and listening to some of the newer songs I could agree with that. The band has just released their new 7" called Sin Perdon. Give it a read!

Name: DRAMA
Michelle: vocals
Elena: guitar
Pablo: bass
Sylv: drums

Location: Barcelona-Spain

Active since: 2005

How do you define your overall style?
Raw hardcore with a little of metallic riffs and punk as fuck.

What’s your goal with this band?
More shows, veggie food, beers, cherry juice, meeting cool people and have a lot of fun playing.
Now seriously, our goal as a band is to express our anger against patriarchy, the manipulation of ideas, the transformation of reality imposed by governments, conformist and consumerist society, we want to create awareness among people willing to change their environment and make their lives a lil’ more free. Raise our voices so this way people can think about it and make conscience.

What do you have recorded so far?
We have recorded until now: a demo CD (2005), a 7 inch titled CREACIÓN DESTRUCTIVA (2007), and recently a new 7" titled SIN PERDÓN (2010).

Can you give me a brief background on the band and what you guys are currently up to at this moment?
The first steps of DRAMA were exactly in 2003 when the previous band where Elena and Sylvia played broke-up, so that year Michelle came to live to Barcelona and we met and talked about start a new band, and then we started the rehearsals playing some covers. After a long time looking for a vocalist, we decided that Michelle had to change the bass for the vocals, and now the quest was for a bass player and it wasn’t until 2005 that Pablo joint to the band. Throughout this time we have been playing loads of shows in the Barcelona hardcore punk scene, and we have always tried to make some short trips around the Spanish state (Basque Country, Castellón, Alicante, Murcia, Zaragoza, etc) and also abroad (Germany and Poland). There are many special moments and they can't be named all, but it’s worth mentioning some examples that describe the course of the band, like going on tour with a Twingo, Lady fest in Warsaw, Take Back The Night fest in Hamburg, the release show of our first 7” at “Ateneu de Vallcarca” and the shows with Yoli (from our sister band, Go! Popitas) helping us with the bass.
Recently we came from Germany due a short tour around there, thanks to Dominik-NATD PRODUCTIONS (our beloved German hommie!) who booked the tour and gave us the chance had a great experience. We enjoyed a lot play those shows and we hope be back soon, and of course have the chance to play in other European countries, JUST LET US KNOW IT! We would be pleasant to hit your town! Now we have to play more shows and work on write more songs because we want to record a LP, as soon as we can.

What are some other bands you are or have been involved in?
Michelle: Sylvia and Elena used to play in a band called ASPERSORES, now they play in bands like BORN TO HATE and GO! POPITAS.
Pablo: I’ve always played in hardcore and punk rock bands (and also other genres) but it's the style i found the best to get and give strength, to carry on with our way of thinking and feelings.

Where did the band's name come from? Has it anything to do with an economical turmoil which is happening right now? It seems like Spain has been hit hard by the crisis...
The name comes from a L7’s song titled DRAMA, which is a cool song, we were a long time looking for a name, and so one day it came suddenly and we liked and decided to have that name.
Obviously it has it anything to do with the current economical crisis. The crisis now is hitting hard the Spanish economy, and it reveals the weakness of the economic model that we've had for the last years. The important thing to notice is that the crisis is hitting the working class people. We've got an unemployment rate over 19%, and a lot of people have no income, or the income is too low. The real "Drama" of the crisis is that the recovery (if there will be any recovery) will impose a heavier weight for the working class, cutting our social and labour rights, and the conditions of living will be permanently lowering. There's not a wide and strong social response to that, so that is what we have to work in.

Lyrically what kind of themes you deal with? What is the message you’re trying to present to your listeners? Almost all the lyrics contain a social message, some kind of denounce to all the injustice and prejudice that this sick world has, all that deserve our contempt.
For example, from our previous record, CREACIÓN DESTRUCTIVA, there's a song tilted GOOD NIGHT, what it is about against all nazi scum and racial supremacy. From our new record, SIN PERDÓN, this song is about tyrants; about how wicked can be a "person" just for his megalomania.
Also some lyrics stand against sexism and patriarchy like IT’S NOW or LIBRES or deal about personal things like THE DEMON or ROMPIENDO EL SILENCIO.

Starting Drama what bands did you listen to? Who influenced you as an artist?
We have several influences because we like different kind of music styles from pop, rock & roll, punk-rock to death/black metal, but it’s clear that our backbone is HARDCORE, we like the style of 80’S NYHC like CRO-MAGS and 90’s hc bands like INTEGRITY, for example.

What’s your definition of a real hardcore show?
The show must be with a big flag, giving the reason for that special meeting, many bands playing and all the people singing, the bands' songs and popular songs, you know, some covers or so. We use to see the shows as a kind of demonstration, with an important social partner, the music. We could define a real hc show like the one we had in Erlangen (Germany) this last tour, with people dancing, singing-along, having a good time, respecting each other. That’s perfect environment of an hc show.

What's your pick for best hardcore release of 2009 and what albums do you anticipate in 2010?
Michelle: to me best hc records 2009 were: NAYSAYER "NO REMORSE", BAD CHOICE "DEMO", BACKTRACK "DEAL WITH THE DEVIL", THE DEFENSE “STATEMENT”.
This 2010 maybe will bring new good records like DOWN TO NOTHING new 7” and new Terror’s LP. There’s a new release of a hardcore band from Castellón-Spain called OPPUGNO, brutal hc in the vein of 100 DEMONS, check them out cause they rule!

Could you tell us about Clitocore zine one of you is involved in?
Michelle and Elena are involved in CLITOCORE ZINE. Until now it has been released 5 issues, and working on a new one although it’s taking a long time because our personal affairs don’t allow us to have the enough time to work on it. Anyone interested to know about the fanzine go to: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CLITOCOREZINE

Thanx for taking your time. Any last shouts out before we end this ?
Thanks a lot for the support and give us the chance featuring on your webzine. Keep on the good work! HC STILL LIVES!

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Bridge Nine Signs Mother Of Mercy

Bridge Nine Records has signed Mother of Mercy. The band will enter the studio this Summer to record new album. More info after the jump.

Here's official statement from the label [link]:

Bridge Nine is excited to welcome one of two new artists to their roster - first is one of the hardest bands coming out of Pennsylvania, Mother of Mercy. Formed in the Spring of 2007 and featuring ex members of Let Down, Mother of Mercy plays contemporary metallic hardcore that draws some of the best elements of 90's 'core with a well-executed tinge of metal. Their music is raw, abrasive and dark - highly influenced by Samhain, Undertow and Obituary - and a welcomed addition to the B9 family. Mother of Mercy's vocalist, Bob Wilson, said "...we're excited to be on the label, to play with different bands, tour exotic places and be label mates with Striking Distance."

Mother of Mercy has spent the last several years on the road alongside bands like Comeback Kid, Dead Swans, Cruel Hand, Title Fight, Foundation, Alpha & Omega, and playing staple hardcore festivals like United Blood, This Is Hardcore, and Sound and Fury. With several prior releases including the No Eden 7" and critically acclaimed III that was released last year on Six Feet Under Records and hailed as one of ScenePointBlank's "favorite records of the year", Mother of Mercy's upcoming Bridge Nine debut full length will be nothing less than stellar. Expect the band to hit the studio early this summer and stay tuned for details on a full-length release later in 2010.