MEPHISKAPHELES
visit MEPHISKAPHELES on facebook visit MEPHISKAPHELES’s website Formed in the East Village of New York City in 1991 by a group of punk rockers/artists/ad guys/jazz musicians, Mephiskapheles played its first show on Long Island. From day one, the band began attracting a diverse, dedicated fan base. Sold-out NYC gigs led to tours with the Buzzcocks and GWAR, and hits on the Hawaiian Islands Chart with three singles from the band’s first album, 1994’s God Bless Satan, produced by Bill Laswell. While touring relentlessly, Mephiskapheles followed-up in 1997 with Maximum Perversion, a jazz-influenced work that didn’t take long to be hailed as a classic. A deal in 1999 with Koch Records resulted in the band’s hard-hitting, exploratory third album, Might-Ay White-Ay. The band released the self-titled EP Mephiskapheles in 2015, featuring the single „Satan Stole My Weed,“ an instant classic. The Never Born Again EP, released in 2019, brings the band back full circle to its dark and melodic roots. Fronted by lead singer Invidious aka the Nubian Nightmare, along with the hottest rhythm section in New York, and the Horns of Hell, Mephiskapheles spreads its evil seed with an ongoing reissue program, epic shows, and new music out now. See MEPHISKAPHELES live here: Want to book a show? Get in...
DEVIL IN ME
visit DEVIL IN ME on facebook Devil in Me from Lissabon were born in 2004. Started as a project they worked really hard and involved this band to the king pins of the european hardcore scene. After a longer absense those guys are back and stronger than ever. Their new album is a masterpiece which contains their most agressive songs, dedicated to the true believers. All their previous records had their own flavours and a very unique style. With their new album they keep reinventing themselves while adding new tasteful igredients. This album sounds like a proper 90‘s crossover record…. Razor-sharp riffing, angry vocals, a grooving bass and a hard hitting drum work, in addition a popping production which explodes. DEVIL IN ME whose characteristic sound perfectly closes the gap between „Rock Star Mayhem”, „Modern Metal“ and the „Classic NYHC Hardcore” are ready to start a new and successfull chapter and to shape their carrier. See DEVIL IN ME live here: Want to book a show? Get in...
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
visit LIBERTY AND JUSTICE on facebook While taking traditional cues from the likes of The Templars and 4Skins, L&J aren’t content to make by-the-numbers Oi. Instead giving nods to the channeled HC ferocity of Sheer Terror, the sing-along sincerity of The Trouble, the hard-scrabble outsider rock sensibilities of The Bruisers, and fight-ready mentality of Houston originalists Tread. Featuring current and former members of Thug Boots, Roger Miret and the Disasters, and Darkbuster, L&J have come together to unapologetically force their own voice through to the fore and out on to the streets. See LIBERTY AND JUSTICE live here: Want to book a show? Get in...
BLOODTRUST
visit BLOODTRUST on facebook BLOODTRUST formed through dedication, commitment and attitude. During the 90s, the members of the band grew up listening to punkrock, metal and hardcore music, not aware that BTHC was what it all was destined for. BLOODTRUST started out in 2020, during the worst pandemic in decades, and the process was fast and furious. In the band’s first two months, they wrote and recorded 11 songs, i.e. the album that is to be known as „In Blood We Trust“. The truth is that BTHC will floor you. It will shake you to your core. You will feel like a car ran you over, and that you want it to happen again. In Blood We Trust! See BLOODTRUST live here: Want to book a show? Get in...
LOCKED INSIDE
visit LOCKED INSIDE on facebook Decades after New York City spawned The Youth Crew, and its own Straight Edge Hardcore Scene, NYC has a brand new band carrying the banner that YOUTH OF TODAY, JUDGE, PROJECT X and GORILLA BISCUITS waved before them. LOCKED INSIDE is made up of veterans of the NY, NJ, Colombiamand Argentina hardcore scenes; all finding themselves residents of the NY Metro area with a common interest in honoring the music and the message that once echoed in the hallowed halls of their common home. See LOCKED INSIDE live here: Want to book a show? Get in...
LOCKED INSIDE
visit LOCKED INSIDE on facebook Decades after New York City spawned The Youth Crew, and its own Straight Edge Hardcore Scene, NYC has a brand new band carrying the banner that YOUTH OF TODAY, JUDGE, PROJECT X and GORILLA BISCUITS waved before them. LOCKED INSIDE is made up of veterans of the NY, NJ, Colombiamand Argentina hardcore scenes; all finding themselves residents of the NY Metro area with a common interest in honoring the music and the message that once echoed in the hallowed halls of their common home. See LOCKED INSIDE live here: Want to book a show? Get in...
EVOKED
visit EVOKED on facebook visit EVOKED on Bandcamp Hailing from East Westphalia, Germany, EVOKED first reared their ugly heads in 2013 from a spread of rank riffs songwriter Bonesaw had been carrying around for some time to follow traditional paths in two respects –making their name known with a modest yet lauded demo “Return of the Dead” which, quite fittingly, spread undiluted death the old (and only) way. Without missing a beat, the still shifting but thanks to the front man’s uncompromising lead and vision dedicated line-up churned out two additionalshort formats. The 4-way split with TURBOCHARGED, VIOLENTOR, OBSCYRIA and the EP „Lifeless Allurement“. That proved EVOKED’s superiority over oh-so-many parvenus who make do with emulating their heroes instead of writing substantial songs. Now after threeyears of careful writing and with multiple gigs alongside underground heavy-weights such as ROOT or SULPHUR AEON under their collective belt, the trio is set to leave its first longplay mark although “Ravenous Compulsion”. See EVOKED live here: Want to book a show? Get in...
BIG MIKE COLONIA
visit BIG MIKE COLONIA on facebook Entstanden 2014 in Köln, hat sich das Zwei-Meter Powerpaket musikalisch den vergessenen Elektronik-Genres der 80er Jahre verschrieben und spielt sich mit deutsch-kölschen Texten von Synthie-Pop über Italo Disco bis hin zum belgischen New Beat Sound sowie rockigeren Tönen durch die Clubs Deutschlands – alle Studiosongs auf analogen Synths und Maschinen eingespielt, und alles stets in authentischer modischer Montur, als wäre er soeben einer Zeitkapsel aus dem Jahre 1989 entsprungen. Inhaltlich geht es um verruchte Partygeschichten und zwielichtige Figuren aus Köln, um High Energy im Allgemeinen und natürlich um Muskelsport, dem größten Hobby von Big Mike Colonia. Alle Texte haben stets einen authentischen Bezug zu persönlichen Erfahrungen aus dem Leben des Protagonisten. See BIG MIKE COLONIA live here: Want to book a show? Get in...