On Saturday November 26 you NEED to move your ass to Café Gonzo, the legendary place that got entirely destroyed by The Dillinger Escape Plan.
"Refused Party Program is a temporary tribute to one of the best records ever made: 'The Shape Of Punk To Come' by the Swedish band Refused. We will play a few shows in 2011. After that, we'll be fucking dead."
Yes, you got it right, it is your last and only chance to see these awesome guys plays one of their last shows. Bring your family, friends, neighbours, patients, teachers or teddybears.
P.S.: Dogs are not allowed.
Eventpage: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233116136749322
Refused Party Program: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Refused-Party-Program/176041485749835
dinsdag 15 november 2011
Interview with Alex from Perceptions (Sint-Niklaas, BE)
Perceptions was founded in 2009 and after only two years you can proudly say you already shot your own videoclip.
We couldn't have been happier with how the videoclip turned out. It was posted on Blanktv, which gave us a lot of exposure abroad and we got loads of positive feedback from around the world. All this is pretty mindblowing for us, considering we are a pretty new band.
The video was shot by Frederic Van Zandycke, a pretty talented guy who knew exactly what we wanted and delivered a product that suited our expectations perfectly. Frederic is an awesome dude.
You already faced lots of criticism, especially on Youtube because the videoclip has so many views. Especially the vocals are a hot topic. How do you, as a young band, see this and what do you do with it?
As long as it is constructive criticism it is good criticism. We actually learned a lot from the great amount of feedback we received. We are still an upcoming band that is still searching for its own sound and identity, so the criticism we faced regarding the vocals (apart from comments like "Omgz that singer is the Asian version of Justin Bieber lolz") really helped us to push ourselves in the right direction.
Your drummer Michiel left the band recently, what happened? How is the cooperation with the filling in drummer (The Zygoma Disposal) working out?
It pretty much comes down to the fact that Michiel grew kind of tired of drumming in a metal/hardcore band. We were pretty gutted with his departure, but sometimes decisions have to be made for a greater cause. A demotivated drummer that would just have dragged the rest down. The cooperation with Gert is going really smooth, he nailed our set in less than a week time and we couldn't happier with his job filling in.
It is hard to be different in the scene because of the great amount of bands today. What is it that makes Perceptions so outstanding?
We don't claim to be the most original or renewing band around but everything comes straight from the heart, because we love to put all kinds of emotion into our music.
Our lyrics actually stand for something and we really spend our time to get them right instead of just shouting random words about killing people. Every song is written with the same idea of getting everything to fit perfectly. There is a real work ethic behind what we do and I think that really shows.
Anything you want to say to the people reading this?
Expect a new record coming out early 2012 and we will be hitting the road again with a new drummer. What this new record is about is still sort of a secret, but expect something really heavy, fresh and totally different from anything we brought out before. Stay evil!
Facebook: www.facebook.com/perceptionsbe
Video: www.vimeo.com/user3599796
Merch: www.perceptions.bigcartel.com
Audio: www.perceptions.bandcamp.com
Official Website: www.perceptionsofficial.com
We couldn't have been happier with how the videoclip turned out. It was posted on Blanktv, which gave us a lot of exposure abroad and we got loads of positive feedback from around the world. All this is pretty mindblowing for us, considering we are a pretty new band.
The video was shot by Frederic Van Zandycke, a pretty talented guy who knew exactly what we wanted and delivered a product that suited our expectations perfectly. Frederic is an awesome dude.
You already faced lots of criticism, especially on Youtube because the videoclip has so many views. Especially the vocals are a hot topic. How do you, as a young band, see this and what do you do with it?
As long as it is constructive criticism it is good criticism. We actually learned a lot from the great amount of feedback we received. We are still an upcoming band that is still searching for its own sound and identity, so the criticism we faced regarding the vocals (apart from comments like "Omgz that singer is the Asian version of Justin Bieber lolz") really helped us to push ourselves in the right direction.
Your drummer Michiel left the band recently, what happened? How is the cooperation with the filling in drummer (The Zygoma Disposal) working out?
It pretty much comes down to the fact that Michiel grew kind of tired of drumming in a metal/hardcore band. We were pretty gutted with his departure, but sometimes decisions have to be made for a greater cause. A demotivated drummer that would just have dragged the rest down. The cooperation with Gert is going really smooth, he nailed our set in less than a week time and we couldn't happier with his job filling in.
It is hard to be different in the scene because of the great amount of bands today. What is it that makes Perceptions so outstanding?
We don't claim to be the most original or renewing band around but everything comes straight from the heart, because we love to put all kinds of emotion into our music.
Our lyrics actually stand for something and we really spend our time to get them right instead of just shouting random words about killing people. Every song is written with the same idea of getting everything to fit perfectly. There is a real work ethic behind what we do and I think that really shows.
Anything you want to say to the people reading this?
Expect a new record coming out early 2012 and we will be hitting the road again with a new drummer. What this new record is about is still sort of a secret, but expect something really heavy, fresh and totally different from anything we brought out before. Stay evil!
Facebook: www.facebook.com/perceptionsbe
Video: www.vimeo.com/user3599796
Merch: www.perceptions.bigcartel.com
Audio: www.perceptions.bandcamp.com
Official Website: www.perceptionsofficial.com
zaterdag 5 november 2011
All For Nothing (NL), Shai Hulud (USA) & Sick Of It All (USA) @ Trix, Antwerp, Belgium 29.10.11
- My dearest, most brutal blog,
October 29, Antwerp 20h45:
Party time as always with the American godfathers of hardcore: Sick Of It All. Trix is the place to be and thumbs up for Heartbreaktunes for bringing them to our country for the 365800554th time. The organisation was forced to move the concert from the Trix club to the bigger venue, simply because the club cannot swallow the amount of people that will show up tonight. This proves no matter how many times Sick Of It All has played Belgium before, we just do not get sick of them.
As we walk in it appears the crowd is still half asleep, but yet intriged by the energy frontwoman Cindy puts into entertaining the people in front of her. `Come on!`, she yells in Dutch while she waves with her free arm. `I want everybody to move and sing along, yes girls, you too.` All For Nothing`s performance was powerful and this band very much deserves its place in the line up. This was All For Nothing's last show left from the three week tour with Sick Of It All.
Next up is Shai Hulud, an American band counting five members. What a clumsy night it was, since two out of five of the bandmembers managed to take a very close look at the stage by falling over their own feet during the set. Shai Hulud was proud of the bunch of fans that show up at every show of theirs in Europe, who were also present this time. It is noticeable that there is still not too much response from the crowd in general and at this point it becomes clear that over 90% of the people that showed up tonight are here to celebrate Sick Of It All's 25 years of existence.
As predicted, people break loose at the first notes of the headliner's first song of the evening 'Take the night off'. Losing your friends in the old skool pogo while celebrating that you don't give a fuck about anything with your middle finger high in the air, that's why every single person is here tonight. What a huge contrast with how calm the crowd was before. As I try to find my way to the front I am just in time to see bassplayer Craig falling over a rather extremely clumsy stagediver. Right after the song ends Craig gives us all a speech about crowds, stagediving and clumsyness. 'Guys, I cannot play your songs if you break my bass... Seriously'. Alright, there we go, Lou takes over the mic again and the show goes on.
zondag 23 oktober 2011
The Hardcore Help Foundation
The Hardcore Help Foundation was founded earlier this year and in an incredible short amount of time they managed to gain enough money for different projects. They sell band merch, and you decide the price of it yourself. You can donate either shirts or money to the HHF to help them out fulfilling their goals.
The main goal of the HHF is to help out hardcore kids in serious needs. Support them with anything, give them your old band-shirts instead of throwing them away, give them a penny, a euro, or lots of penny’s and euro’s if you can afford it. Just that one shirt of yours you never wear is what can make a difference. And yes, the HHF DOES make a difference for lots of people:
The main goal of the HHF is to help out hardcore kids in serious needs. Support them with anything, give them your old band-shirts instead of throwing them away, give them a penny, a euro, or lots of penny’s and euro’s if you can afford it. Just that one shirt of yours you never wear is what can make a difference. And yes, the HHF DOES make a difference for lots of people:
They have been helping out families in Bochum (Germany) whose house was recently destroyed by fire. The city itself refused to help the families, the HHF takes care of them.
The HHF is in Japan right now to help a hardcore friend out rebuilding his school in Miyagi after if got completely destroyed by the tsunami and earthquake disaster in March. After they return to Germany, a video about the trip will follow, to share their experience with the rest of us.
I seriously put my hands together for what the HHF does and I can only ask each and every one of you who reads this to support this organization in any way. Spread the word!
Official website:
http://hardcore-help.com/
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/TheHHF
Awesome looking official HHF shirts for only 10 euro & other band-shirts:
http://hardcorehelpfoundation.limitedpressing.com/
http://hardcorehelpfoundation.limitedpressing.com/
zaterdag 22 oktober 2011
Coming up soon: interviews with Weaksaw (FR), Bring me The Horizon (UK) and a Campus (BE) review.
Well, what you see here is what it is.
Next week: interview with the French brutal band Weaksaw and a review of our amazing Belgian band Campus' album 'Oh Comely' will be uploaded.
November 29 Bring Me The Horizon will hit Belgium and we will throw some nice questions to their heads.
So keep your eyes open!
Next week: interview with the French brutal band Weaksaw and a review of our amazing Belgian band Campus' album 'Oh Comely' will be uploaded.
November 29 Bring Me The Horizon will hit Belgium and we will throw some nice questions to their heads.
So keep your eyes open!
woensdag 12 oktober 2011
Bitter Verses' (GER) new album 'Make or Break' coming up on October 14
Guys and guurrls,
May I have your attention please? Let me introduce to you: Bitter Verses. This German band will release their album ‘Make or Break’ this Friday through Swell Creek Records. Prepare for a blasting release show on Friday as well with Final Effort, Shelldiver and Three Mile Island. Imagine hardcore and metal meeting another, add some breakdowns and twosteps, make sure you mix it well aaaaand then you get the sound of Bitter Verses. Enjoy!
To buy 'Make or Break': http://www.emp.de/bin/shop.php?prog=shop&funktion=PRODUCTINFO&article=216996
Release show: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205099476219132
Bitter Verses on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/bitterverseshc?sk=info
woensdag 5 oktober 2011
About my virtual absence and moving to Germany
There has not been much new here lately and I'm sorry for that. Here is a small explanation about the past four weeks: I have been working my ass off, have been packing bags to leave Belgium for a few months and I have been on the road for like 50% of the time I was awake. Which means there was barely time left for anything else.
But this is the way it should be really written:
After great times of working at the local supermarket (four weeks to be precise) and the founding of 'we hate that black-haired-and-glasses-wearing bitch at our local supermarket club' I'm ready to set off to Germany and live in the beautiful city of Münster for the next coming six months for working, music and writing. And I will own you with the Italian classes I take there. Vaffanculo.
But this is the way it should be really written:
After great times of working at the local supermarket (four weeks to be precise) and the founding of 'we hate that black-haired-and-glasses-wearing bitch at our local supermarket club' I'm ready to set off to Germany and live in the beautiful city of Münster for the next coming six months for working, music and writing. And I will own you with the Italian classes I take there. Vaffanculo.
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