Back to attack: FEBRUARY 2012 UPDATED

Some more stuff added...

So, after a quiet january, february will be busy as hell. There's a lot of double-bookings, so it will look quite messy:

2nd: THIS GIFT IS A CURSE (swe), HEXIS (kbh) start of their tour at Ungdomshuset, Dortheavej 61, and ABSCISSION (kbh) will play as well. All the bands make use of  a new school-ish mix of black -and deathmetal with lots of hardcore-elements. Doors: 20.00, Entry: 40 kr.

10th: DOGMATIST, SKURV and BRUDTE LØFTER playing at Bumzen, Baldersgade 20. Dogmatist and Brudte Løfter is two completely new ktown hardcore-acts, both promising to deliver a raw sound, good times and headaches. The gig is their debut-show as well! Skurv (kbh) is described as "youth-crew scooter oi". I'll leave it at that. Doors: 21.00, Entry: 35 kr.

10th: PUNKS UNDEAD VOL. 23 at Magstræde, w/ PORNO DVÆRG (hellsingør), PIS (kbh), THE GRAVE IS NOT THE END (roskilde) and DEN YDERSTE DAG (kbh). A pretty wide mix of never bands from Ktown and the surrounding area. Kiddie-punk, horrorpunk, drunkpunk and crustpunk will all be represented. Doors: 20.00, Entry: 40 kr.

11th: GOOD NIGHT WHITE PRIDE support-bash at Ungdomshuset, Dortheavej 61. Loads of stuff will happen, to much for a few lines, so check out the link. One hall is electro-stuff, the other will be metal and punk with some crusty DJ's you might recognize... Doors: 19.00, Entry: free until 21.00, after that: 50 kr.

11th: FUNEBRARUM (us), UNDERGANG (kbh), DEFILEMENTORY (udstrup) and MOLD (kbh) at Loppen, Christiania. Really promising death metal show put up by the good people in the Kill-Town crew. Both a debut-concert, tour-band and a record-release at the same gig. Doors: 21.00, Entry: 70 kr. 

14th: KYLESA (us) + Support at Beta Club, Amager. Kylesa is one of those bands that can do anything, and therefore youre never sure what to expect. They've got some awesome crusty tunes as well as close-to-traditional thrashy stuff, and from what i've heard it is always a good show. Doors: 20.00, Entry: 135 (so it better be good...).

17th: FOREVER DOOMED #2:BOTTOM FEEDER (kbh), TORCHLIGHT (kbh), UNION OF SLEEP (de) and DJ Grief + DJ Jens Franco at Ungdomshuset, Dortheavej 61. The darker genres continue to take a big bite of this month with this all-sludge gig! Doors: 21.00, Entry: 40 kr. 

18th: BLACK FAG (us) and MISS FISH & THE DROWNERS (kbh) at Stengade 30. No, there is not an "L" missing in Black Fag and yes, they are approved by the actual Black Flag. This sets new standards for queercore, and with as good and entertaining support as Miss Fish, nothing can go wrong. Doors: 21.00, Entry: 50 kr.  

24th: CRUTCHES (malmö), KYLMÄ SOTA (fin) and INFERNÖH (malmö) at Rex, Malmö. Another punk gig at the Rex Pizzeria, this time raw-punk only. Doors: 19.00, Entry: No idea?

25th: CAULDRON (can) + STRIKER (can) + SINISTER CREATION (kbh) at Stengade 30. Cauldron provides the classic heavy metal, Striker makes makes sure that things are speeded up a bit as well with clear Judas Priest references, while Sinister Creation is doing oldschool NWOBH! Doors: 21.00, Entry: 80 kr.

 

Rumour-spreading: crusty-acts near K-town in april+may!

So as you might have guessed, this is about some bands showing up for gigs near Copenhagen. The bands are Instinct of Survival and Cluster Bomb Unit, both bands really worth your time!

April 21st
Instinct of Survival are scheduled to play at Elværket, Helsingør on 21st of april together with two local bands, Den Yderste Dag and Avfart 33. Some DJ-stuff appear to be booked as well, and word is that booking is not finished yet. Exciting!

Instinct of Survival are a stenchcore-band based in northern germany. Their music reminds a little of a crusty version of Bolt Thrower's earlier stuff. I especially find the vocals (2 of 'em) to be very well done, mean and brutal - and working very good together.
Den Yderste Dag, well i guess you know what it is, at least if you follow this blog or have checked out the links. Otherwise: do it, since i don't want to brag about my own band, ha!
Avfart 33 is a d-beat/raw-punk band from Malmö sweden. Since i just posted a blog about their new stuff, i think you should check it out there. And yes, their new stuff is still awesome!

May 12th
Cluster Bomb Unit are also going to play at Elværket, but on the 12th of may. No bands except them confirmed yet, but rumour is, that it will be a big one for crusties. Some DJ-booking is on its way though, or so i've heard.

Cluster Bomb Unit are also based in Germany. A quite old band, today they are still touring and doing lots of gigs. To be honest i don't know that much about them. Their sound is classic raw-punk-ish, but some of their stuff also has a much more crustpunk sound to it. I guess it's up to you to define.


Bottomline is: Shit is going down this spring.

While Copenhagen is sleeping, Malmö has awoken!

While Copenhagen currently lacks d-beat and crusty music (really, i can only think of one, maybe two, bands doing that stuff), Malmö has spawned a new band called Crutches (ok i lied a little, they have been around for awhile, rehersing).
The band has just made a webpage and some recordings soon to be released. They promise solid d-beat madness, so i'm looking much forward to that! You can visit their blog/website here. I'll bet they will have a gig in Copenhagen soon!

Another band deserving attention is Avfart 33. While the band has been around for quite some time, they just released new - and much improved - material. The record is a 12'' split with Gothenburg-based Insidious Process (also worth your while!), and damn, this record delivers. Normally a bands live-energy is hard to find on their records, but this is definately not the case with Avfart 33's new split. Also, the quality is very good, something those swedes are very good at. Check the record out here, buy it here (Distribution 61, open mondays and thursdays).

Guess i will be back soon with more shittalk, at least next months guide will be up - and i promise it will be filled with goodies!