OCTOBER 2012 (updated: 3rd edition)

A month stuffed with some really good lineups, and only one major crash. Just awesome!

1st: ALERT! ALERT! (pl/es) + THE WAR GOES ON @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 40 dkk
Hardcore with people from Belgrado. 

5th: FRUSTRATION (us) + ROYAL INCEST (helltown) @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 DKK
Raw hc/punk with members from Consume and snotty hc punk from Helltown!

5th: COMMIE COWBOYS + SUBHERO @ PH Caféen, 21.00, free. 

6th: ISKRA (can) + AHNA (can) + AGE OF WOE (swe) @ Helltown, Elværket Helsingør, 21.00, price TBA
Black/crust gig with one of the more famous bands in that genre. If you're into that, don't miss

7th: THE SHRINE (us) + COMMIE COWBOYS (kbh) @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 30 dkk + donations.

11th: VOIVOD (can) + UNKIND (sf) @ Loppen, 21.00, 150 DKK (presale)
I have no idea if they are still good live, but if you had the money, then who wouldn't wanna see Voivod?

12th: WHITE LUNG (us)+ COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON (us) + METRO CULT (kbh) @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 DKK.

13th: ANGER BURNING (swe)+ EARTH CRUST DISPLACEMENT (de) @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 DKK
Raw hardcore and crust ala Peacebastard supported by local grindcrusters!

14th: UFOMAMMUT (it) + INCOMING CEREBRAL OVERDIVE @ Loppen, 21.00, 80 dkk
Heavy psych-ish sludge

12-13th: MALMÖ HARDCORE FEST w/ tons of local Malmö bands + more bands TBA @ Bryggeriets Skatepark på Ystadvägen 46, 214 45 MALMÖ, 1 day 100 SEK, 2 days 150 SEK. 
All the local Malmö bands get together!


16th: PILGRIM (US) + SATURNALIA TEMPLE (S) + THE MONOLITHS @ Loppen, 21.00, 60 DKK.
Doom!


18th: NO TOLERANCE (us) + GIVE (us)+ HALSHUG (dk) @ KB18, 21.00, 50 dkk


19th: TUMOR WARLORD + METRO CULT + MOTH + CHAINSAW EATERS @ Elværket, Helsingør, 21.00, price TBA


19th: BEBOP AND ROCKSTEADY BARNIGHT @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, free.
Cheap beers and ABC-solidarity.



21st: Sunday Raw Punk Apocalypse w/ D-CLONE (jp)+ KONTATTO (it)+ DEATH TOKEN + INFERNÖH (se) @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 50 DKK
Amazing lineup with some of the best local bands. Kontatto plays killer rawpunk/crust and D-Clone needs no explanation. Go or be forever miserable. 


22nd: NEGATIVE APPROACH + PRIMITIVE RITES (se) + DOGMATIST @ Stengade, 21.00, 70 dkk. 
Legendary hardcore and local goodies!

24th-28th (or 27th): UNGDOMSHUSET 30th ANNIVERSARY. I could brag on about this, but lets keep it simple:

• Wednesday programme: Doom metal night with some really good names
• Thursday programme: Galla-peoples kitchen, afterparty and much more
• Friday programme: BOMBEREGN reunion plus shitloads of good punk/rock/hardcore/metal bands
• Saturday programme: GADE X reunion, hangout and shitloads of dance music

Of course there will happen a lot of stuff all the days, so keep looking at the links for more info. Too much to post here. If you like the house, this will be a weekend not to miss.

Important dates in OCTOBER 2012

Ungdomshuset will host a special 4-day 30th-anniversary party in october 24th-28th. During theese days there will be lots of different music, but what is most interesting for all you punk/d-beat/hardcore/metal-lovers out there is friday the 26th. This will be the "rock and the like" day, on which one or more old bands will reunite for this one time only. I can't tell you what it is yet, but damn is it good. So be sure to mark a big fat X in your calendar, i promise you will regret it forever if you're not there. Also shitloads of the best local acts will be there!

That was it for now.

August 2012: Back to school (of rock) - UPDATED again

AUGUST 2012

1st: EYEHATEGOD (us) + BOTTOM FEEDER @ Beta, door 17.00, 150 DKK (presale)
Some of the best sludgestuff around at all. Part of Beta's dirty days of summer triple-concerts.

3rd: PUNKS UNDEAD w/ GREEN RIVER KILLER + PINK CHAMPAGNE BOYZ + LOSING MUST + SELVKRITIK @ Huset i Magstræde, door 20.00, 40 DKK.

4th: Bus-trip to demonstration in Stockholm against EDL @ Blaagaards Plads
Bus is 200 DKK, and bookings have to be made in advance (!!!). Bus leaves at 23 in the evening.

4th: VACCINE (us) + DEATHRITE (de) + PISS VORTEX + BRUDTE LØFTER @ KB18, door 21.00, 40 DKK.
A grindy night with mixed bands, some more grindy than others. Bookers promise some crusty stuff as well.

10th-12th: PARAMOUNT DIY-Festival @ Paramount DIY in Roskilde, door ? (probably around 18-ish), 120 DKK for all weekend.
One of the years last punk-ish festivals. Very mixed bands, the friday being more crusty and d-beaty than the saturday.

10th: ADOLESCENTS (us) + COMMIE COWBOYS + SURT SHOW @ Stengade, door 22.00, 80 DKK (cheaper presale for 10th+11th at Stengade is availible here)
80's hardcore meets bands that sounds like 80's hardcore. CC just released a very nice 7-inch.

11th: PROJEKT ANTIFA 3 YEAR BIRTHDAY AND SUPPORT PARTY w/ many names, incl. 6 punk-bands @ Ungdomshuset, door 17.00, 40 DKK before 20.00, 60 after.
Big-ass party with loads of stuff. The "Dödsmaskinen" will be filled with good punk and hardcore.

11th: ZERO BOYS (us) + BRUDTE LØFTER + D.D.B (esbjerg) @ Stengade, door 22.00, 80 DKK
Straight forward hardcorepunk-night with both old legends and upcoming danish bands.

15th: KYLESA (us) + DEVILLE (s) @ Gimle in Roskilde, door 20.00, 100 DKK (presale)
Last time Kylesa visited Copenhagen (at Beta) it was super good. Way better live than on records, so check it out, even if you're not into their releases.

17th: DEMONSTRATION, FREE PUSSY RIOT @ Kristiania
gade 5, København Ø, 16.00

17th: NORDVEST TRASH ATTACK w/ BATTERY + IMPALERS + GARBAGE DAY @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 40 DKK.
New bookers giving the thrash a try in Ungdomshuset. Promises to provide extreme party times, cocktails and a video-store? Interesting!

18th: Street Party w/ DÅRLIGT SELSKAB @ Fensmarksgade, punkrock at 21.00, no entry fee
Regular citizens organized street party - with a twist.

18th: BARNIGHT AT UNGDOMSHUSET
Cozy barnight, supports Anarchist Black Cross

23rd: GOVERNMENT FLU + COMMIE COWBOYS/soli party @ Bumzen, 21.00-late, 30 DKK.
Soli-party with good hardcore acts. CC just released a new 7'', and GF played a good gig at K-Town Hc Fest.

24th: ARTILLERY + MAINPOINT (de) + DIRETONE @ Lygten St., door 20.00, 70 DKK (presale)
Metal always fucking rules, and it's always fun to see some of the danish bands who became known outside of the underground.

25th: 90's BARNIGHT AT UNGDOMSHUSET
Crazy 90's dance music and cheap beers

26th: DOGMATIST + HAGGATHA (can) + LOWER @ Bumzen, door 20.00, 40 DKK
Sludgy night with a hardcore/punk touch to it.

29th: TERROR (us) + NAYSAYER (us) + BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL (uk) @ Beta, door 20.00, 170 DKK (presale)
Pretty famous hardcore act with some metalcore references (you know it, angry balded men with shorts and sneaks).

30th: D-TAKTS TORSDAG w/ SOCIAL CHAOS (br) + LAUTSTÜRMER (malmö) + CRUTCHES (malmö) @ Rex in Malmö, price ?, 20.00 - ends early be there on time!
D-beat amok, first concert with Crutches in a while!

30th+31st (ends on sep. 2nd): KILLTOWN DEATH FEST 2012 @ Loppen and Ungdomshuset, door 375 DKK (for all days, various options. See presale)
The good folks behind the two last killtowns and the doomtown festival does it again. Extremely nice programme, so go check it out! You should volunteer if you can - info is on the website.

JULY 2012, UPDATED: No holiday for the punks

Ungdomshuset is having a summer-break for most of, but that doesn't mean nothings going on! Tons of good gigs will take place, so if you're broke like me and can't afford going to some fancy palm-tree infested tourist hell, summers' saved!

1st: Wormrot (jp) + Evisorax (uk) + Dead Instrument (k-town) + Solid Noise (k-town) @ Bumzen, 21.00-late, 40 DKK.
Evil grindcore, and i mean very evil. Some of the best stuff around according to people involved in that scene. Dead Instrument has just released a new LP by the way.
BANDLINKS: WORMROT [] EVISORAX [] DEAD INSTRUMENT [] SOLID NOISE

11-14th: Metal Magic Festival @ Ungdommens Hus, Fredericia, no idea about price...
Up for traveling? Metal festival, many decent names on the programme, and the site is very nice. I can in NO WAY recommend Hell, man they suck ass. One band i definately CAN recommend is Antichrist who ruled at Muskelrock.

21st: 1 Day Hardcore Showdown @ Pumpehuset, 16.00-late, 240 (shit...) DKK.
Four bands who i'm really looking forward to see, the other four bands i don't see as a meaningfull part of a Poison Idea-gig, but well, it's the friggin' self-proclaimed kings of punk, so be there or regret it badly.
BANDLINKS (to the ones that don't sound like nu-metal): POISON IDEA [] HÅRDA TIDER [] NIGHT FEVER [] MUNICIPAL WASTE

22nd: Crazy Spirit (us) + Death Token + Sexdrome + The War goes on @ KB18, 20.00-late, 60 DKK.
Hardcore and punkrock, whats not to like?
BANDLINKS: CRAZY SPIRIT [] DEATH TOKEN [] SEXDROME [] TWGO

27th: Coke Bust (us) + Sick Fix (us) + Scavenger Brats + The Monoliths @ Bumzen, 20.00-03.00 (probably), 50 DKK.
Good addition to what seems to be two pretty badass hardcore weeks. Two good hc edge bands from the states, good local thrash/punk and something i've never seen live before. Always good.
BANDLINKS: COKE BUST [] SICK FIX [] SCAVENGER BRATS [] THE MONOLITHS 


23rd-29th: CPH QUEER FESTIVAL @ Ungdomshuset, from early 'till late all days. Entry is for free, donations is suggested!
Workshop-focused queer-festival, always a good visit, interesting stuff. The idea is to create a space without heterosexism, homofobia and the like, learn and share ideas and thoughts.

Chaos fucking rules

SEE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM THE FESTIVAL HERE

Fucking amazing times where had at the 2012 edition of Ungdomshusets punk-festival. I think the videos and links above pretty much summarizes it all.
For you who didn't show up, Terveet Kädet and Deviated Instinct still fucking rules, and you can't hear any bit that they've gotten older. Amazing!
Other memorable concerts would be Infernöh (with one of the most insane moshpits ever to happen in Ungdomshuset, apparently), Death Token (with a seriously good set-list) and Warprayer (which you have to check out NOW if you don't know them already).

A 2013 edition will probably happen, so keep an eye on that.

June 2012: Mayhem ahead

For me, the most central event of this month will be the K-Town Hardcore festival, not only because i am involved in the whole thing, but also because so many new bands will be playing there as well as some of my personal favourites. Instead of writing a lot of yada about it, check the festivals own website here!

The rest of the month will roughly look like this. I don't have time for descriptions (i'm in exam-hell) but here we go. Sorry for the delay by the way...:

5th: ACID KING (us) + SUMA (se) + maybe 1 more tba @ Loppen, 21.00, price ?? dkk.
BANDLINKS: ACID KING [] SUMA

6th: AVFART 33 (se) + HEX ON THE BEACH (australia) + DJ SURVIVAL @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 30 dkk.
BANDLINKS: AVFART 33 [] HEX ON THE BEACH

8th: HARD ROCK KARAOKE @ Ungdomshuset, 22.00, donations

9th: DEAD INSTRUMENT (release party) + LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER (es) + 1 more tba @ Stengade, 21.00, 60 dkk. Booze and DJ's.
BANDLINKS: DEAD INSTRUMENT [] LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER

11th: CONTORTURE (se) + ANTIKLIMAX (fin) + TOTAL RECALL (fin) + INSIDIOUS PROCESS (se) @ Bumzen. 19.00, 30 dkk.
BANDLINKS: CONTORTURE [] ANTIKLIMAX [] TOTAL RECALL [] INSIDIOUS PROCESS

11th: ABORTED (b) + BILLY BOY IN POISON + MOLESTED (helltown) @ Lygten Station, 20.00, 70 dkk on presale, 90 in the door.
BANDLINKS: ABORTED [] BILLY BOY IN POISON [] MOLESTED

15th: MUNDO MUERTO (us) + JEALOUS COWARDS (se) + PRIMITIVE RITES (se) + THE WAR GOES ON @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 dkk.
BANDLINKS: MUNDO MUERTO [] JEALOUS COWARDS [] PRIMITIVE RITES [] THE WAR GOES ON

16th: QUEER FESTIVAL SUPPORT PARTY with tons of stuff going on @ Warehouse 9, 21.00, donations.

17th: NEON PISS (us) + DE HØJE HÆLE @ Ungdomshuset, 19.00, 40 dkk. BBQ and hangout before the gig!
BANDLINKS: NEON PISS [] DE HØJE HÆLE

22nd-25th: K-TOWN HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2012!

New Commie Cowboys tracks revealed

Commie Cowboys has just revealed a couple of the tracks from their upcoming EP on Gummopunx Records. Good old-school hc-punk with a K-Town touch. Check it out here and here!
You can catch them live at the Antifascist Action 20th anniversary-partay. 

May 2012

Not as updated as i would like to, and i didn't have time for descriptions. I will do some soon though - promise!

2nd: Backtrack (us) + Hårda Tider (se) + Cornered (nl) + Primitive Rites (se) @ Hemgården, Lund. 18.30-22.00. 80 SEK (presale).

BANDLINKS: BACKTRACK [] HÅRDA TIDER [] CORNERED [] PRIMITIVE RITES

3rd-6th: HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN @ Stengade, Ungdomshuset and Loppen, K-Town. 

Tons of bands, tons of info. Easiest is, if you check it out by following the link. This is definately on of the things you should use your hard-earned money for this month. 

4th: Commemoration of Denmarks liberation on may 4th 1945 @ Halmtorvet, K-Town. 19.30.

5th: Bicycle trip to sites related to the liberation after WW2 @ Frihedsmuseet, K-Town. 12.00.

7th: Helltown: Link (be) + Molested (dk) @ Elværket, Helsingør. 20.00-late. 30 DKK. 

BANDLINKS: LINK [] MOLESTED

9th: Danava (us) + Pyramido (se) @ Karavan, Malmö. 20.00-?. 50 SEK (membership required, look at the link. 

BANDLINKS: DANAVA [] PYRAMIDO

11th: The Spits (us) + Cola Freaks + Genital Hospital (can) @ Elværket, Helsingør. 21.00-late. 40 DKK. 

BANDLINKS: THE SPITS [] COLA FREAKS [] GENITAL HOSPITAL

12th: Helltown: Cluster-Bomb Unit (de) + Yacøpsæ (de) + Reactory (de) + Märesvin (k-town) + Ursut (se) @ Elværket, Helsingør. 20.00-late. 40 DKK. 

BANDLINKS: CLUSTER-BOMB UNIT [] YACØPSÆ [] REACTORY [] MÄRESVIN [] URSUT

18th: Freaks Night Out @ Ungdomshuset, K-Town. 21.00-late. 50 DKK.

A lot of stuff going down, expect a freakish night at Ungdomshuset. Check the link for full info.

19th: Party for your right to fight back - AFA's 20th birthday @ Ungdomshuset, K-Town. 21.00-late. 50 DKK.

A huge lineup, to huge for this page to handle. Check out the link. The list includes Oi Polloi (sco), Commie Cowboys (k-town) and Hårda Tider (se)!

24th: Torsdagsinferno vol. 3: No Rest (bra) + Solid Noise (k-town) + Royal Incest (dk) + Sepsis (k-town) @ Ungdomshuset, K-Town. 20.00-late. Price TBA. 

BANDLINKS: NO REST [] ROYAL INCEST [] SEPSIS

25th: DE HØJE HÆLE release party + Hunx and his Punx (us) + Tumor Warlord (k-town) + The Monoliths (dk) + First Flush (dk) @ Stengade, K-Town. 21.00-late. 50 DKK.

BANDLINKS: DE HØJE HÆLE [] HUNX AND HIS PUNX [] TUMOR WARLORD [] THE MONOLITHS [] FIRST FLUSH

30th-june 3rd: Distortion ripoff @ Folkets Park, K-Town

If youre not on Muskelrock, you should check this out. To be short: Distortion CPH sucks ass and commercializes street-parties, but now some fresh Nørrebro-people are taking the streets back. 

Sepsis: Demo out, and me taking a very short hiatus

Currently i'm playing in a crust-band called Sepsis, so just wanted to share that we've done a demo-tape. You can read more about that here, download here and take a listen here.

This weekend we're going on a small mini-Jutland tour, so i'll be offline for around a week...
Hope to see some of you out there!

Videos and photos from the Raw Birth Recs support party

Some photos and videos from the gig this weekend (saturday, april 7th) are up, so if you can't remember why your body feels like its been hammered into a brick wall, this should help you remember. What a night!

PHOTOS (facebook, might not work for all of you)

With the support, Raw Birth recs will be able to make three releases (two of them sponsored by the gig). According to them it will be:

Bottom Feeder, EP - RBR002
Patologism, Selftitled Tape RBR003
Dead Instrument, Violent Death LP - RBR004

By the way the photos and videos are not mine, thanks to those who made it...

APRIL 2012 goes bananas (updated again)

Too many gigs, too little time. What a month!

3rd: CHURCH OF MISERY (jap) + DOGMATIST (k-town) @ Loppen, 21-late. Door 70 kr. Old japanese doom/stoner with heavy early Black Sabbath references supported by local hc-band Dogmatist, who has done a couple of really good shows already.
Bandlinks: CHURCH OF MISERY [] DOGMATIST 

5th: DEAD CONGREGATION (gr) + INFINITUM OBSCURE (mex) + UNDERGANG (k-town) @ Stengade, 21-late. Door 60 kr. Good death gig, two brutal bands. I don't know the mexican one that well, but Dead Congregation usually delivers quite a show.
Bandlinks: UNDERGANG [] DEAD CONGREGATION [] INFINITUM OBSCURE

5th: AGE OF WOE (se) + MOLESTED (dk) + Surprise @ Paramount DIY, Roskilde, 21-late. Doors 35 kr. Paramount DIY celebrates their 12th anniversary with two crusty acts, one from Gothenburg and one from Helsingør. Surprise-acts and happy-our will also take place.
Bandlinks: AGE OF WOE [] MOLESTED

7th: NIGHT FEVER (k-town) + DEATH TOKEN (k-town) + HÅRDA TIDER (se) + SKURV (k-town) @ Ungdomshuset, 21-late. Door 40 kr. Some of the without a doubt best local hc-acts and a never oi-punk act goes together to support the new label called Raw Birth Records.
Bandlinks: NIGHT FEVER [] DEATH TOKEN [] HÅRDA TIDER [] SKURV

8th: PORCO DIO (fin) + DEMOKHRATIA (alg) + MÄRESVIN (k-town) @ Ungdomshuset, 21-late. Door 50 kr. Hardcore in various forms from no less than 3 countries, including the first african band to do a gig in Ungdomshuset as far as i know.
Bandlinks: PORCO DIO [] DEMOKHRATIA [] MÄRESVIN

11th: HARD SKIN (uk) THE WAR GOES ON (k-town) KING CARROT (k-town) @ Ungdomshuset, 20-02. Door 50 kr. Something as rare as an oi-punkband swings by Copenhagen, and it's supposed to be good stuff. A good night for all the punkrockers out there.
Bandlinks: HARD SKIN [] THE WAR GOES ON [] KING CARROT

13th: UNGDOMSHUSET GIG CANCELLED

14th: ABRASIVE WHEELS (uk) + WAR OF DESTRUCTION (dk) + THE WAR GOES ON (k-town) @ Stengade, 21-late. Door 60 kr. Straight-up punk provided by two good 'ol 80's bands both danish and british, supported by local punkrock.
Bandlinks: ABRASIVE WHEELS [] WAR OF DESTRUCTION [] THE WAR GOES ON

16th: VICTIMS (se) + BLACK BREATH (us) + TORMENTED (se) + BEYOND PINK (se) @ Hemgården in Lund, 18-22.00(?!). Presale 80 SEK, door (not gonna happen) 100 SEK. Good mix of swedish punk and d-beat/hardcore combined with death. Lots of genres, lots of fun. But come on - how can you fit 140 people into that place?
VICTIMS [] BLACK BREATH [] TORMENTED [] BEYOND PINK

18th: FLIPPER (us) + LOWER (k-town) + BRUDTE LØFTER (k-town) @ Stengade, 21-late. Door 80 kr. Classic punk from 1979 reunited in late 00's supported by two good local punkacts, both newer ones.
Bandlinks: FLIPPER [] LOWER [] BRUDTE LØFTER

20th: TUMOR WARLORD (k-town) + GLOW KIT (k-town) + DUST BUGS (k-town) @ Råhuset, 21-late. Door 50 kr. 3 x release party for a bunch of the stranger local punk-ish bands.
Bandlinks: TUMOR WARLORD [] GLOW KIT [] DUST BUGS

20th-21st: KALDET FRA DYBET @ Ungdomshuset, 21-late (both days). Door 50 kr each day. Dark and gloomy mini-black metal festival with interesting local bands and two anarchist black metal bands from Canada.
Days: FRIDAY [] SATURDAY

21st: INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL (de) + AVFART 33 (se) + SEPSIS (k-town) @ Elværket in Helsingør, 16-very late. Door 40 kr. Heavy duty gig, and i've mentioned it before. New since then: Instinct of Survival are supposedly doing new tracks at their current gigs, and Sepsis will release a demo for you to buy at the gig.
Bandlinks: INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL [] AVFART 33 [] SEPSIS

21st: CONAN (uk) + SINISTER CREATION (k-town) @ Beta at Amager, 21-late. Door 75 kr (presale). Not possible to go to Helsingør? This would be the solution then. Doom from the UK combined with locals heavily influenced by NWOBHM and doom.
Bandlinks: CONAN [] SINISTER CREATION

25th: UMBERTO (us) + more TBA @ Stengade, 20-late. Door 40 kr. If you didn't get enough horror on the 13th, this is a good solution. Freakish tunes that would fit perfectly with an 70's horror movie will be provided.
Bandlinks: UMBERTO

26th: VULCANO (bra) + BLODFEST (dk) + OGDRU JAHAD (dk) @ Stengade, 21-late. Door 80 kr. A now legendary brazilian metal band on the edge between NWOBHM, black and death supported by local black and a debut-concert.
Bandlinks: VULCANO [] BLODFEST

26th: TOTAL CRUST DETONATION: DEATH REIGN + AUTONOMA PARADISE @ Bumzen, 20-late. Door 30 kr. Raw crust/hardcore and crustcore on a thursday. I'm a fan.
Bandlinks: DEATH REIGN

New speed/thrash-metal on the block

Some of the locals are starting a new metal band called Invasion! Already now some rehearsing-sounds are up, find it here. Sounds like a band thats going to do quite a few gigs later this year, so keep your eyes open.

First bands for K-TOWN HARDCORE FEST 2012 released!

So, the first bands for the K-Town Hardcore Fest have been released, you can have a look at their Blogger-profile here. A facebook-event is up as well.

There will be more bands (up to 20!) added, so keep looking at their site.

Shits going down: MARCH 2012

Tons of stuff to do this month! There has been some minor changes in the way i do this, hope it works out for ya. I'll of course update if neccesary.

1st: March 1st Demonstration from Dortheavej 61, 17.00

As most of you know, some Christian fucktards decided to destroy the old Ungdomshuset on this day, five years ago. In remembrance, some activists have arranged a demonstration, going from the new Ungdomshuset, past Jagtvej 69, ending at Folkets Park.

2nd: Spiders (se) + Doublestone at Stengade, 21.00, 60 kr.

Sounding a like the soundtract to a Tarantino-movie, Spiders will be a really good gig, no doubt! To be honest, i have no idea on what Doublestone's about (but i've heard they are really good!).

8th: Grave Desecrator (bra) + War-Head (cro) + Sejr at Mayhem, 21.00, 40 kr.

Brutal black/death from Brazil supported by Croatian thrash, whats not to like? A local (to me unknown) band called Sejr will appear as well. 

9-10th: No Borders Fest // Ktown meets Malmö at Ungdomshuset, two days, 50 kr a day.

Two days of punk, hardcore and crust. A massive lineup that deserves its own blog-post. Check out my bla bla bla here.

10th: Documentary-premiere: "Bombemordet i Søllerødgade" at Støberiet, 19.00.

A terror-attack on a socialist group, ending with one dead, has extra attention this year, since it is 20 years ago on march 16th. A producer-team presents their brand-new movie on the bombing.

10th: Cerekloth + Pustulation + Mold at Stengade, 21.00, 60 kr.

Mean and evil death in various forms. Both Cerekloth and Pustulation should be checked out, Cerekloth did a great gig at KTDF as far as i remember! Mold is brand-new, and word on the street says they delivered an impressive concert last time they did a gig.

12th: Crude (jp) + Backlash (fin) + Dogmatist at Stengade, 21.00, 40 kr.

Crude speaks for itself, this will get messy. Backlash is straight forward hardcore and Dogmatist is one of K-Towns newest HC-installments. Whats not to like?

16th: "Duk dig ikke, duk op", at Blågårds Plads, 17.00.
Demonstration in remembrance of the above mentioned terror-attack.

16th: Moonless album-release party, at Loppen, 21.00, 40 kr.

One of my absolute favorite bands at the moment finally has a record release (so far, only a demo and some online stuff has been released). The gig features Moonless, The War Goes On, Torchlight and one more tba!

23rd: Dig og Mig + MOR + Afdeling O + Dj Rabalder, at Elværket (Helsingør), 21.00, 40 kr.

Up for some catchy (all most too catchy) pop-punk with lyrics taken from an old No Hope For The Kids song? Well then you should go for this gig, with Dig og Mig, electro-punk locals Mor, a to me unknown band called Afdeling O and DJ Rabalder.

24th: Miasmal (se) + Molok + Hekla, at Elværket (Helsingør), 21.00, 40 kr.
I'm not really into black, so i'll only be able to say some words on Miasmal.
A heavy deathband from around Gothenburg that did a killer gig at KTDF (was it last year??). Got a crusty edge, and it is clear, that some one in that band has done several d-beat acts before. Some of the best death scandinavia can show in my book!

29th: Fuck The Facts + Slaktattack + Green River Killer + Solid Noise, at Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 50 kr.

One hefty lineup closes down this month (lets see if more turns up as always...). Fuck The Facts does an insanely good grind-act, Slaktattack brings the crusty edge with d-beat as only swedes can provide, Green River Killer mixes metal and grind, and last but not least, Solid Noise is a brand new promising grind-band from Ungdomshuset!

31st: Århus for mangfoldighed 

Important demonstration against fascists from EDL and DDL, not to miss. There will be buses from Copenhagen, so no excuse...

Closer look: No Borders Fest at Ungdomshuset

The No Borders-fest at Ungdomshuset, march 9-10th, will present some of the new-ish bands from the K-Town and Malmö scene. Because of that, i'd like to line them up, and add some links and words on the bands. The order of bands is not availible at the moment, so they are in random, except date of course.

You can find the organizers invitation here

Friday, march 9th, doors at 21.00, 50 kr.: 

URSUT (malmö)
From Malmö and the surrounding area, Ursut is in-line with the swedish crusty d-beat tradition. Having just released a new LP (which is really good, and way beyond the first stuff), Ursut will be an interesting concert. Last time they visited Ungdomshuset was at DIY Punk Fest 2011, one of the best concerts at that festival.

LAUTSTÜRMER (malmö)
Well, it's hard to say much about Lautstürmer that hasn't been said before, especially since they've been on the scene longer than i, haha. Brutal d-beat madness, about to release (very soon!) a new 7'', the rumour says.

SUBHERO (k-town)
Subhero emerge from the Ungdomshuset practice-spaces, and took over the cross-over sound that Chainsaw Brigade (sometimes) did. Then add some serious guitar-shredding, and there we go. Having just released a demo and continuously writing new material, it will be interesting to see what these guys are up to.

BRUDTE LØFTER (k-town)
Brand new band, doing the more traditional K-Town hardcore-thing. Reminds a lot of Amdi Petersens Armé (absolutely not a bad thing). They have just recorded some fast demo-tracks, but have already gotten shitloads of gigs. 

UPPGÅNG OCH FALL (malmö)

There is something with swedes and catchy as hell punkrock, and this is another proof of that. Another (almost) brand-new punk band, that could be placed genre-wise close to swedish Terrible Feelings.

Saturday, march 10th, doors at 20.00 (remember afternoon-programme from 16.00), 50 kr.: 

ANATOMI 71 (malmö)
Well, on with d-beat again, another one of the käng-torchbearer bands. This one has a lot of records and gigs behind them, so you're in for a treat. Actually i've never seen them before, so i'm very pep myself!

COMMIE COWBOYS (k-town)
Good, cathcy and snotty punkrock with references to the late 70's. Promising band that has done quite a few gigs during the past months. Gotta say i love the name too, especially 'cause it fits the genre so well.

DÅRLIGT SELSKAB (k-town)
"Old" punx (from tons of old bands - the ones every k-town punk knows) get together, and starts a new band, making the name "Bad Company" (translated) even better. No one has heard them except themselves, meaning it will be a must-see concert.

CRUTCHES (malmö)
New d-beat madness with members from various Malmö-based bands. Releasing a demo very soon (rumour has it that you'll be able to buy it at the festival) with a good amount of their material. More hardcore-inspired than the classic käng-styled bands, and damn, its fast!

THE WAR GOES ON (k-town)
Where to start... This band has members from all around the K-Town scene, but frankly it speaks very much for it self. Dangerously cathcy melodic punkrock with the most embittered lyrics you'll find - ever. Really good, and one of my favorite live acts.




Thats all the bands! DJ's will appear as well, and much more stuff is going on, but i'll leave the non-musical parts to you. Check the link at the top!

Changes to the blog

I'm in the middle of changing minor problems here, as well as adding stuff/removing stuff. I hope it won't look too messy.

First of all, i'm changing a little in the design, so that links will be easier to spot. Hope it works for ya.
Secondly - and more important, i am going to make a page called "Places". It will be a short guide to some places you wanna check out for concerts, hangout, flyers etc. I hope you will find it usable. K-Town natives probably won't since it is all common information.
Last, but not least, i'm updating the whole link-section, and enhancing the (until now) hopeless functionality.

Have a good one 'till next time (which will be soon)!
/A.S

Videos from the Bumzen-gig, friday feb. 10th

Some nice person uploaded a couple of videos from last fridays two debut-concerts with Brudte Løfter and Dogmatist. Next gig with Dogmatist (as far as i'm concerned) is at Stengade together with Crude(!!). Brudte Løfter will be playing (as far as...) at No Borders Fest together with 9 other bands.

In addition, Brudte Løfter has put up some demo-tracks on Bandcamp. Take a listen here!

On with the videos

 

New punk-grind on the block

A new band has emerged from the Ungdomshuset practice-spaces. The band is called Dræber Instinkt (Killer Instinct) and are in the bands own words "DIY punk-grind".

As is traditional for grind, the songs are very short, and vary from being around half a minute to one-and-a-half. Short, aggressive, distorted and with a lot of energy. Seems like a blockbuster to me.

I hope to see them on some stage soon!

Check out their demo at Soundcloud

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.

 

Worth your while: JANUARY 2012 - updated

December was a very good month for gigs, and there was many. January is going to be a little more low-key, but still a lot of good stuff is going to take place!

• Unknown date, january: Possible Antifa bus-trip to Berlin. Nazi bastards attacked a house-project in Berlin. The danish antifascist media Projekt Antifa reports that there might be a possibility to go to Berlin by bus, if there is going to be demonstrations against the nazis, so keep an eye on their site! Read about the attack here.

• 4th: Warsong, Nu Jävlar and Commie Cowboys. First punk/hardcore-gig of the year! Three really good bands kicking ass at Ungdomshuset. I am looking much forward to this, and all three bands are very well-played. It will be one of those you don't want to miss. If you're more of a Malmö-type, you can catch Warsong together with The War Goes On, january 3^rd at Pizzeria Rex.

• 10th: Queer self-defence workshop. If you have never practiced self-defence, now should be the time to start, especially if you concider yourself a queer. HXN and Mads, a good blogger by the way, will be doing this workshop in Ungdomshuset.

• 13th: HT DIY: The Grave Is Not TheEnd, Ajuna and Shock Tilstand. Three bands that i don't know, but show up and support the Helsingør DIY-scene.  

• 14th: Death Metal Two slovak death bands on tour and localmetal-punkers. I'm looking forward to see what this is all about. The local punks i can vouche for, thats for sure! 

• 16th: Mastodon at Vega. If you got the cash, some of Mastodons earlier records are definately worth your while. The venue is total shit though, so drink your beers elsewhere.  

• January 28th: BUMZEN Birthday party. A nice old squat, now legalized has a birthday party. Nice people, and i have been told they're booking nice music as well. More info later. Booked so far is Den Yderste Dag.

• 30th: Kingdom + Wrong Answer in Lund, Sweden. 

Oh and by the way, have a good new years, because it will be the last one.