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Hark! It’s a Crawling Tar-Tar: 20 Years of Dorr Darr Gelap Communiqué
Hardcore punk had already taken root in Indonesia by the early 1990s. The final years of Suharto’s New Order regime were marked by widening economic inequality, political repression, and…
Instigators: From Dewsbury and Huddersfield to the World and Back Again
Instigators formed in 1980 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. The original line-up featured schoolmates Mooney (guitar), Hammy (drums), Tab (bass), and Semi (vocals). Between 1983 and 1984, the…
Abergaz & The Troubled State of Punk in the Balkans
About a week ago, I woke up to a flood of headlines on social media. All I could make out were a few jagged words: Sonja Hranjec. Abergaz. Arrested. Medika. Murder. I sat in silence, glued…
TRUE GRIT: Malmö Noise Rockers Release Two Digital Demos
TRUE GRIT is a brand new project hailing from Malmö, Sweden. Since January 2025 the band has dropped two digital releases totaling four tracks.
We packed them both in this article to…
Bonjour Tristesse, Trespasser, and the Leftist Rejection of Modernity in Black Metal
Since its inception as a genre, black metal has associated itself with extremism. Extremism in sound, first and foremost. Blast beats, blurry riffs, throat shredding vocals, raw…
Track by Track: Massa Nera Explain the Songs & Meanings Behind ‘Derramar | Querer |…
Representing the late screamo revival, New Jersey's Massa Nera are one of our favorite current bands in the genre. Massa Nera's latest album, Derramar | Querer | Borrar, consists of 12…