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Jera On Air 2024 – new wave of bands announced

January 27, 2024

There was probably only one question that every real punk-, hard- & metalcore-fan was busy with since New Year’s: Who will be the headliner at Jera On Air 2024 for Saturday? Well, the best-kept secret of Ysselsteyn has finally been lifted: No other than metalcore-sensation Architects will headline the Saturday show run. On the third festival day, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes will return to the biggest alternative festival of the Benelux countries, which for the 30-year-anniversary sparkles with a varied line-up. So far bands like Electric Callboy, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, Sum 41, While She Sleeps and many more bands have been announced. Yesterday 13 new bands were added to the line-up, besides Architects and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes: For I Am King, HANABIE, Of Mice & Men, The Black Dahlia Murder, King Prawn, Spanish Love Songs, Imminence, Movements, Makewar, Brutus and Annisokay. Find more information on the festival here: https://www.jeraonair.nl/de/info/ https://www.facebook.com/jeraonair https://www.youtube.com/@JERAONAIR (Source: Starkult Promotion) ~ Alex

Photo Gallery: Lionheart, Get The Shot, Like We Are

August 27, 2023

Again I had the pleasure of shooting a Lionheart show. Enjoy the pictures, which should give you a proper impression of yet another great show of California’s finest Hardcore. They were joined by Get The Shot and a local band, Like We Are. Like We Are Get The Shot Get The Shot will be back in Europe in 2023 supporting Stick To Your Guns. Make sure to check them out live. Lionheart Lionheart fans in Europe can already look forward to the recently announced European tour in 2024 with Kublai Kahn TX, Suicide Silence, and Paleface. Ticket sale has already started. Get yours HERE. Thanx to the venue and tour management for letting us shoot the show! For more information on the bands, follow their social media: Lionheart https://www.facebook.com/lionheartca https://lionheartca.com/ https://instagram.com/LIONHEARTCA https://twitter.com/LIONHEARTCA Get The Shot https://www.facebook.com/gettheshothc https://www.gettheshothc.com/ https://twitter.com/gettheshothc https://www.instagram.com/gettheshothc Like We Are https://www.facebook.com/likewearemusic https://www.likeweare.eu/ https://www.instagram.com/like_we_are/?hl=de Venue (Conrad Sohm) https://www.conradsohm.com/ ~ Alex

Upcoming tours in Europe/UK – part II

February 15, 2023

A few weeks into 2023 and already a lot of amazing live shows happened. So many great acts are currently touring over the pond, it’s really hard to choose. So here’s part II of a selection of upcoming tours in Europe/UK. Devin Townsend Last time Devin Townsend played here, was probably the acoustic tour in 2020. In November 2022 Devin released his latest record “Lightwork”. With the upcoming European tour, which starts in Oslo, Norway in February 21st, he brings the new record to European and UK stages. Choose your date(s) and get your tickets! For more information on Devin Townsend, follow his social media: https://www.facebook.com/dvntownsend https://hevydevy.com/ https://twitter.com/dvntownsend https://www.instagram.com/dvntownsend Erra Birmingham (AL)-based band Erra will be touring in Europe/UK in February/March 2023. It’ll be their first headliner tour. They will be joined by Silent Planet, Invent Animate and Sentinels. Erra are currently on tour in the US supporting We Came As Romans. In May 2023 they will be joining Bad Omens on tour in the US. Get your tickets HERE. Take your chance to see [Read More]

Soul Glo announce new album and share new track

January 11, 2022

Revolutionary Philadelphia hardcore band, Soul Glo is thrilled to announce their fourth studio album Diaspora Problems due out digitally on March 25. The album will be available on vinyl via Secret Voice, expected to ship in late 2022. Pre-orders are available now, here. Today, the band shares the first glimpse of the forthcoming album with “Jump!! (Or Get Jumped!!!)((by the future)),” a hardcore whirlwind of justified rage, spinning like a verbal circle pit with a steady drumbeat and swirling guitars. Lyrically, Soul Glo examine the disposability of Black art and its creators and the mental anguish of having “big big plans” in a time where a future is not guaranteed. “Many artists feel as though time is a consistent adversary when it comes to the production of their work, but there is a population of people within this group who fear even more the probability of their time permanently coming to a close before they can enjoy the fruit of their labor,” explains the band. “Many Black artists who reach superstar status do so posthumously [Read More]

Zero Trust share new animated video for “Clouds”

December 9, 2021

Experimental hardcore outfit Zero Trust shared their ambitious new video for recent single “Clouds”, out now on Rude Records/EVR. The band is a coalition of NJHC and NYHC talent, featuring vocalist BJ Allen (Full Scale Riot, Ghidrah, GMK) guitarists Zack Thorne (Bulldoze, Agents of Man, Skarhead) and Mike Milewski (Bulldoze, Homicidal), bassist and backing vocalist Travis Stever (Coheed and Cambria) and drummer Evan Rossiter (Full Scale Riot, Organyc). The group pushes the boundaries of hardcore, metalcore and jagged alternative rock, creating music that is intensely melodic while remaining undeniably aggressive. “Clouds” is a continuation of the bands history of emotive lyricism supported by lighting-in-a-bottle instrumentals. The song oscillates between alternative rock inspired vocals and crushingly heavy breaks that propel the song forward while creating a masterful sense of tension. The angular riffs weave in and out of the melody with caustic results – the song crescendos to an explosive peak that doesn’t sacrifice melodic beauty for heaviness (or vice versa). The official video blends animation with live shots of the band to create a compelling [Read More]

No Bragging Rights release new single “Walking Blind”

November 11, 2021

California based hardcore outfit No Bragging Rights release their explosive new single ‘Walking Blind’. The track is taken from their highly anticipated self-titled EP which is set for release on 3rd December 2021 through Pure Noise Records. No Bragging Rights’ latest offering sees the band addressing the struggles of addiction and the difficulties finding support. Speaking on the single’s themes, vocalist Mike Perez comments: “Getting help for addiction is extremely difficult even when the person is sincere in their attempts to get clean. The song talks about addiction and how you grab at anything to fill the void as you are spiralling. The hope is to fully surrender and to be sincere in your efforts to get help”. Now comprised of vocalist Mike Perez, who started the band in 1999, Martin Alcedo (drums/vocals), Daniel Garrow (guitar/vocals) and Anthony ‘Tron’ Laur (guitar), the four-piece produced these seven songs themselves. Recorded between Laur’s home studio and Decade Sound Studio, both in Tacoma, WA, it’s an invigorating blast of melodic hardcore that pays homage to their past while [Read More]

Dying Wish release new single “Until Mourning Comes”

August 4, 2021

Dying Wish is the Portland-based blistering hardcore five-piece whose passionate music fuses New Wave of American Heavy Metal and chaos-driven punk noises. Late last year, they signed to SharpTone Records, and last month, they announced the release of their forthcoming record, Fragments of a Bitter Memory which will be released on October 1, 2021 via their new label home. Pre-orders are available now here. Today, Dying Wish has released a new single + music video for “Until Mourning Comes” off of the forthcoming record. This follows the release of the album’s title track “Fragments of a Bitter Memory.” On the new single, lead vocalist Emma Boster shares, “‘Mourning’ is written about a family friend who passed away tragically in a plane crash last year. We were in the studio writing the record when my cousin called me with the news. I spent the rest of the night on the phone with my family in absolute shock over the passing of such a kind, bright, and loving young man. “My friend’s death happened just a few [Read More]