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. 

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

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...

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.

 

EARLY FESTIVAL-GUIDE AND RUMOURS

2012 is almost here, and with a new year comes a lot of planning for next years festivals. 

For some time, Copenhagen has had a strong tradition when it comes to DIY music-festivals, in particular very focused ones, which i prefer over the larger ones like Roskilde and Wacken. I could write endless amounts of text on festivals, as there are so many, but here is the ones i find important for Copenhagen and i for sure will attend. At some point closer to the festivals i will write some more on them. 

Warning: Rumours and shittalk at the end of this article.

HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN, MAY 3rd-6th

Part of the group that did (and does) the succesfull Kill-town festival are doing a doom/sludge festival. This year it will take place in no less than 3 venues; Loppen, Stengade and of course Ungdomshuset. The bookers have promised no less than 28(!) bands, which is a huge amount for a first-timer. Pretty impressive! So far 21 bands are confirmed, check them out here. To be fair, i'm all new in the doom/sludge scene, but the local bands i've seen and heard many times, and they are very good. Check out Moonless, a very catchy and groovy band, amazing vocals and c-parts. Also, check out Pyramido, they got some extremely heavy and brutal riffs, which i'm a sucker for. Last but not least i am looking very much forward to see Aguirre, combines crust with doom/sludge, and they also just released new material, interesting stuff!

The festival will also include food and different activities, but the far most interesting thing except of course the music, will be the focus on DIY-art. You can read about that here.

MINI-BLACK METAL FESTIVAL, APRIL 20-21st

This festival as well will take place in Ungdomshuset,  and it is the first time - as far as i'm concerned, that anyone tries to make a more-than-one-day black metal only gig/festival. While i am not that much into black metal, i know that some of you out there are, so be sure to check this out! So far not much has been confirmed , but rumour has it, that a total of 6 black metal-bands will play over two days. At the moment three bands are confirmed, two anarchist (no bullshit) bands from Canada, Æsahættr and Thantifaxath. Solbrud is also confirmed, very good local stuff. 

Check this out by the way.

DIY PUNK FEST, JUNE

This festival is soon to be confirmed, but it will happen, and it will be as crazy as last year!

KILLTOWN DEATH FEST, SEPTEMBER

While 100% confirmed, no news on this festival at the moment, but judging from the two last years, it will be a blast. Focusing on death metal in all its forms, with bands both from Europe and abroad, this 2012 edition of this monster is certainly a no-miss.

Rumours and shittalk

Rumours are fun, and i bet some of this will be true, some not. 

No matter what, don't hold me acountible:

• The swedish Punk Illegal-festival will not happen, which sucks. I really hope the crew will do another one next year, as it was my favorite! Sadly this is not a rumour.
• There will - maybe - be a Copenhagen/Malmö hardcore and punk-fest in the beginning of march 2012. Nothing 100% confirmed, but if it will happen be sure to check it out.
• December 21st 2012 is of course the end of the world. Some kind of one-day festival will take place here. It will only be one day though. Reason? There is no the 22nd. 

WORTH YOUR WHILE: December

December is packed, i tell you. Here is a short guide to some of the most interesting in my opinion:

• 2nd: Benefit party in support of an antifa-fieldtrip to stop a bunch of nazis in Stockholm. Check it out here.
• 3rd, afternoon: The Projekt Antifa lecture has been cancelled but will happen some time in the future. 
• 3rd, evening: A gig of epic proportions will for sure take place when SKITKIDS and HJERTESTOP plays their last concert. Ever. Show up or have no taste. More local acts too, especially Lautstürmer will be a good one to check-out!
• 4th: Pentagram at Loppen.
• 16th: Crustmass! As described in my previous blog.
• 26th: Rhytm and blues barnight at Ungdomshuset. You're probably thinking "why the hell are you posting this pile of crap on a crustie-blog!?" Well, because it is not RnB, it's blues and Rocknroll!