Friday, August 27, 2010

zine mayhem

Also got some zines in the p.o. box today. How I love these old school cut and paste zines. Am so glad that there's still some hardcore peeps out there who's keep'n it real.

First out is Ex Ánimo #4 (in swedish), the zine includes an interview with Vicious Irene (the band with awesome guitarsound!), live reviews, lots of em + two recipes. The bananacake sounds delicious so am actually gonna try that one out tomorrow. Forgot to say thanks for the last zine they sent, so big thanks for both of em.

Then there is Upheaval #13 (in english), which taken over three years to complete due various reasons. Like Craig writes "life got in the way of publishing this fanzine sooner...". Hey, better late then never. Interviews with Agitator, Malazlar + over 100 reviews + more. Cheers! Mail Craig at: upheaval.fanzine (a) gmail.com.

Bought the latest issue of Cow Mag #8 (in swedish) at punkkarnevalen. Interviews with Besthöven, Anatomi -71, Makabert Fynd + much more. Buy and support all zine makers meanwhile they still exists instead of reading a boring blog like this.

4-way split 12" testpress

Finally got the testpress of the 4-way split 12" and it sounds like it's suppose to. So I guess it won't be long until it's out. Almost exactly one year on the date since we started this project, check this old blog post. For further info go to Crucificados or Bombs Away.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

En hälsnig från helvetet...

Got the Bastard Priest 12" today. Eleven tracks of pure swedish old-school death metal with a slight touch of rawpunk. The sound is really amazing. Hell fucking yeah! The 12" includes a cover version of Bombanfalls classic "En hälsning från helvetet". Buy or die wimps.

DIS-OR-DIE!

Monday, August 23, 2010

Punkkarnevalen 2010 i kort (in swedish)

Punkkarnevalen 2010 levererade mer än man vågade hoppas på och mycket mer därtill. Tyvärr låg den inte i centrala Stockholm så det va många soffliggare och latmaskar som valde att inte åka ut då dem ansåg att det va för mycket krångel med bussbyten, taxiresor och dyl. Deras förlust.
Jag såg en massa bra band, åt god mat, fyllde på vinylsamlingen med farliga skivor, drack kaffe och träffade en uppsjö av trevligt folk. Dels gamla bekanta ansikten men även ett par nya som man endast haft kontakt med via nätet.

Lite kort om festivalen:

Första platsen går ut till RAS som totalt golvade mig med sin råa och osminkade retropop-punk-rock. Snyggt arrade låtar, medryckande melodier, mulliga sing-a-long vänliga texter och en jävla ärlig känsla som jag oftast saknar hos många band idag. Dem tog även häcklandet av sin publik till nya dimensioner. Sånt gillas alltid. Man ska fan veta att man lever när man går på punkkonsert. Anders osympatiska kroppsspråk va som pricken över i:et. Se till att få ut en skiva nu för fan!

Inte långt därefter kommer Misantropic som vevade på med sitt norrländska mörker. Gerda ingav enorm pondus och hon har växt in i bandet sen sist jag såg dem live.
Det är inte många band som behärskar att ha ena foten i punkscenen och den andra i metalvärlden utan att det låter skitdåligt, krystat och påklistrat för att uttrycka mig snällt. Misantropic lyckas med bravur. Väldigt samspelt och tajt spelning.

Andra platsen kniper sångaren i E.O.M med sitt mellansnack "hey, it could be worse, we could have played in Finland". Word!

Tredje platsen går lätt ut till trummisen i Beyond Pink med sin helt egna, galna och unika spelstil. Som en blandning mellan animal i the muppet show och en duracellkanin som överdoserat redbull. Jag stod med ett fett smil på läpparna igenom hela konserten. Dem avslutade med en cover på Blink 182 som dem gjorde tremiljoner gånger bättre än originalet.

Jag vart också grymt jävla imponerad av gitarristen i Vicious Irene's gitarrljud! En riktig jappe-noise-punkares våta dröm, bara diskant och inget tjafs. Tråkigt bara att det va så dåligt ljud överlag och att det nästan gick en konstant rundgång igenom mer än halva deras konsert.
Wolfbrigade
blev tyvärr också lidande av att ljudsystemet på "stora scenen" inte riktigt pallade med deras utrustning så ljudet kom och gick.

Sanctury in Blashemy är alltid lika bra, live som på skiva. Att man endast som trio kan skapa sån rymd är beundransvärt. Misär däremot gjorde sig mycket bättre live än på skiva, som Pjär så snällt skickade mig för några veckor sedan. Ser med spänning fram emot nästa inspelning.

Mob 47:s "hemliga" och spontana spelningen va en perfekt avslutning för att runda av hela festivalen. Bäst va "Death from above",
som jag dessutom lyckades fånga på film (sorry att den är så mörk). Tradig och enkel d-takts käng när den är som allra goast.


Tyvärr så missade jag en massa band som jag gärna hade velat se och Avskums inställda spelning var ett stort tomrum i programmet.
En annan rolig grej; man har ju varit med om crusthundar när man vart i tyskland och härjat, men det va fan första gången som jag såg en crustkatt som i lugn och ro snurrade runt inne på området. I övrigt, topp stämning.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

UK mailorder by MOR ENOIZE

MORE NOIZE mailorder (London, UK) is now offering D-takt & Råpunk Records backcatalouge. For further info, check out their blog.

7” EPs: £3.50, 12” LPs: £8.50, 10”: £7, CD: £8, 2CD: £8.50, TAPE: £.25 + postage.

Direct all enquiries here please: slobodanburgher(a)gmail(dot).com

Records for sale!

A friend of mine asked me if
I could post this:

"Selling some records from earlier trades. Some of them are never played, some are played but in mint condition.
They cost 80 SEK/9 EUR/11 USD + shipping each.
Contact me at: jens dot paulsson at gmail dot com"

* Iskra - s/t LP (Profane existence) 2 ex.
* Garmonbozia - s/t LP (Profane existence)
* Provoked - Infant in the womb of warfare LP (Profane existence)
* Remains of the day - Hanging on rebellion LP (Yellow dog)
* Remains of the day - An underlying frequence (Yellow dog)
* Wolfbrigade - Progression/Regression LP (Farewell/Plastic bomb)
* Wolfbrigade - In darkness you feel no regrets LP (Feral ward)
* Wolfbrigade - A d-beat odyssey LP (Havoc)


First come, first served!

Punkkarnevalen here I come!

FREDAG
Stora scenen:
18.10 Kajsa Grytt
19.50 Sju Svåra År
21.30 Wolfbrigade
23.10 Night Fever

Lilla scenen:
19.00 Contorture
20.40 OAK
22.20 Charlie Murphy's Law
00.00 RAS

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LÖRDAG
Stora Scenen
13.00 Motorbreath
14.30 Desperat
16.00 Afgrund
17.30 Slöa Knivar
19.00 Vicious Irene
20.30 Future Ruins
22.00 Extinction of mankind
23.30 Beyond Pink

Lilla Scenen:
13.45 Beatbox/workshop
15.15 Misär
16.45 Avfart 33
18.15 Giddy up and gogo gun gals
18.30 Social Impotens
19.45 Misantropic
21.15 Sista R
22.45 Sanctuary in Blasphemy
00.15 Royal Cunt

For further info check out Punkkarnevalens Myspace or Blog.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Giftgasattack - Noise Hero - 12" + more...

We got lots of mail asking about our upcoming releases. D&R and the pressing plant have been having vacation. Sista Kriget 7" was sent to the pressing plant before the summer holidays and we just sent Giftgasattack 12".
Only the music though since we still waiting for the backside artwork to be done.
Meanwhile we all are waiting for the records to be released we've updated our myspace with two new tracks, one from each release. For some reason they ended up as the two last songs on the playlist. Fucking myspace always modernizing the layout, how to update and such. Getting sick and tired of it! Arrgghhh. Anyone that can help me out with a simple homepage instead?

Kvoteringen 7" are a little bit delayed, we'll inform you all as soon as we know more. Larre and Calle of Kvoteringen have started a new label; De:Nihil. First up is the Kvoteringen 7" and a new Nitad 7". Guess that they will release some more rad stuff in the future so give em your support.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Thursday, August 12, 2010

RAW'ARSE

From spanish metal punk to total raw (arse) punk! Very swedish 80's-style raw punk.
They even have the sound which are hard to
find these days with all computers and shit. Nough said, RAW'ARSE from sweden/u.k.?!

Thanks to Tony/More Noize! for the tip.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Warvictims - Domedagen review

If you like D-beat/Punk you should already know who the Swedish Warvictims are. If you don’t, then definitely check this album out. We are not huge fans of the genre or this band, but we can notice how intense and raw Domedagen is.

In a quick lowdown of “Domedagen” we have to say that the punk riffing and drumming is very persistent during the album and create the right atmosphere for a band of this genre. The production quality on this release is pretty shitty, but we assume this would add more ‘rawness’ and ‘authenticity’ to the album.

The guitar work is fairly standard and the pounding bass guitar is very dominant, sometimes it completely obscures the guitar. If you are looking for originality, this band has nothing on this department but they do put out a great effort with “Domedagen”. There are some nice solos here and there and the vocals are very aggressive, for us these two things make this release listenable and at points maybe enjoyable.

The reason we don’t like these kinds of releases is because all songs sound the same but if you don’t mind it then you are in for a treat with “Domedagen”. If you like D-beat with crustiness to it, get the album since it will surely please your ears.
//Dark Emperor, Infernal Masquerade. Rating 80/100.

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Amidst a flurry of split vinyl 7" releases and EPs comes the Swedish D-Beat Punk band Warvictims' fourth full-length offering, Domedagen. This heavily Metal fueled Punk act has plenty of hard hitting tracks on here that will make you want to break everything you have nearby, but outside the sheer intensity there's still a few flaws with the album. Luckily, these flaws really aren't anything outside the norm for this sort of raw Punk act, with exception to one very huge similarity.

Domedagen is a strong album, there's no denying that. Sitting at thirteen tracks in length, the release actually just barely breaks the twenty two minute mark, which is to be expected considering the style of music the band plays. The only problem is that the style of music this act plays happens to sound very close to the more Punk-oriented output by metal legends Napalm Death, even down to the vocal performance and distortion used on them, as well as using similar guitar distortions and down tuning. Hell, let's face it, this entire release is practically dripping in Napalm Death inspired goodness. But, even though this is practically nothing but idol worship, it's at least done right as there's plenty of material on this release that, after a few spins, will really make you want to just go crazy and destroy anything and everything in your sights.

If you're not a fan of the band, you may be put off by the said worship this album has musically, but after a few spins you'll realize how well done and heavy the music really is and wind up overlooking that simple fact. The first song, "Vår Annalkande Domedag" is actually a little rough to get into, but it's still a great, hard hitting track that comes at you like a speeding freight train and winds up being one of the better tracks off the entire release. "The Aftermath of a Nuclear War" is really where the band shows some originality through a more straight-forward Punk track that is a little more upbeat then the rest of this release. It may not be the strongest song on here but it's definitely a catchy one with some great guitar hooks. "The Face of Extinction" is another great track off the release that really just hammers away at you from the start with intense guitars and drumming and has a very impressive, in not very short, guitar solo that works very well with the track's very short lifespan. These are just a few of the songs on here that stand out, with "The Aftermath of a Nuclear War" really being the only track that sticks out due to it feeling a bit out of place. Every other song on here is hard hitting and just does not let up.

As a whole, Domedagen is a solid release packed with great music that's not too original, but is still intense and sometimes infectious. The production quality of the release is, of course, not the greatest, but the raw qualities to this recording really seem to amplify the overall heaviness of the release, actually working in it's favor. The only problem with it is that many of the songs share a lot of similarities with the overall sound that is found here, and given the not-so-original compositions, Domedagen will wind up losing some of it's luster by the time you reach the end of your second time through. Even with that said, there's still plenty of tracks on here that are too intense to stay away from, and wind up making this a release that you will find yourself coming back to from time to time, and one worth sampling if you happen to get a chance.
//Apoch's

Monday, August 2, 2010

Disarm cd review (in swedish)

Tidigt 80-tal i Göteborg och grabbgänget bestående av Honsa, Manne, Charlie, Esa och Ceder börjar lira ihop under det sköna namnet Total Armsvett. En demo hann de med innan de, i samband med första ep:n Regeringstödda Mord, bytte namn till det mindre tonårsklingande Disarm. Länge har det talats kring att samla allt befintligt material från debut ep:n, uppföljaren Dömd (1985/1986), samlingar och demos och nu är den med bolaget D-Takt & Råpunks hjälp äntligen här.

32 låtar och drygt sjuttio minuters speltid där demoversioner och delar ur två livegig ingår. Spelningarna är från Järva Folkets park juni 1986 och Birkagården oktober 1986 och håller relativt hög klass. Inte vad jag på förhand trodde – har ofta varit med om det motsatta när hårdare punkband fäster sina konserter på tape – men kul som stryk att det låter bra.

Som helhet en oumbärlig samling att äga och ständigt återkomma till. Stenhård 80-talspunk i huvudsak på svenska med en charm som är lika intensiv nu över tjugo år senare. Gott.
//Roger Bengtsson, Ikon1931

DISPOSE, northern rawpunk


A band that really deserves more attention is DISPOSE from Luleå, Sweden. Fukk myspace worship!

back in bizz...

we're back in bizz, we will try to answer all mails the next 48h.
/d&r