Interview with the Haverbrook Distaster (GER) / Interview mit The Haverbrook Disaster

2012 just started, what do you want to accomplish this year so you will be able to look back with a good feeling?As every year, we want to put everything on a completely new level in 2012. No compromises, no time outs. Because we are not big fans of empty promises, we will start this year with a completely new release and a Europe tour! We will officially announce everything within the next few weeks! Keep your eyes open!

Which of those plans and tour dates are already confirmed yet?

We’re currently booking a Europe tour with the help of Avocado Booking. BUT we expect another tour within this year and we will for sure play as many weekenders as possible again!

With which bands do you want to go on tour with? What was your most memorable happening on tour?

I would go for Comeback Kid as our absolute dream-touring-partner. We already shared the stage with them twice and it was always amazing. One of these shows was the Never Say Die Open Air in Trier last year. Legends like Madball and Shai Hulud played there as well, just like the current heavyweight champions in Parkway Drive. It was definitely a pleasure to hang around and chat with all these bands you are looking up to.

Myspace was clearly more focused on music than Facebook is now, do you see any differences in communicating with your fans and or do you have any alternatives to stay in touch with them?

The difference between Myspace and Facebook is huge. But because everyone on this planet is using Facebook all the time, you can reach a lot more people through it. For sure, sometimes a post gets lost, but it was the same with bulletins on Myspace, wasn’t it? Another good way to keep connected with your fans is through Twitter and Tumblr! Check out our profiles and follow us!

How is your view on the contemporary german music scene and hyped bands like e.g. Eskimo Callboy?

There are a lot of cool bands from Germany. For example our Bros in A Traitor Like Judas and Elude The End to name just two of them. All in all the German Hardcore and Metal scene is pretty booming. Just look over to the Ruhrpott where a lot of awesome new hardcore bands come from. Keep your eyes and ears open!

The music of Eskimo Callboy is totally not our cup of tea. Bands like them haven’t got anything in common with the Hardcore and Metal bands we love. But I’ve never been interested in them, so I don’t really know a lot about this band. I started listening to a song of them a few months ago and turned it off after 30 seconds. As always: Not every band with a hype is a good band.

Last but not least: what does it mean to you to be a part of this band?

Everything.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thehaverbrookdisaster

Twitter: @whatsupthd
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By Luisa Melibajew

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Da das Jahr grad erst angefangen hat, haben wir uns natürlich gefragt was wir 2012 von LET IT BURN Records besten Sign des letzten Jahres: The Haverbrook Disaster alles erwarten können. Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass man kaum an den Jungs vorbeikommen wird.                     
Checkt twitter: @whatsupthd / tumblr: http://thehaverbrookdisaster.com und seid gespannt. Bis dahin könnt Ihr hier ein bisschen was über die 5 lesen.

Was wollt ihr 2012 alles erreichen um am Ende des Jahres sagen zu können, es lief gut?

2012 wollen wir wie auch die Jahre davor alles geben um alles auf ein neues Level zu bringen. Keine Kompromisse, keine Pausen. Damit die Versprechungen auch nicht leer bleiben, haben wir für die erste Hälfte 2012 gleich ein kleines Release und eine Europatour geplant! Ankündigungen kommen innerhalb der nächsten paar Wochen! Haltet die Augen offen!

Was habt ihr tatsächlich alles an Touren etc. geplant dieses Jahr?

Bis jetzt ist fest in Planung eine Europatour mit der Hilfe von Avocado Booking! Rechnen allerdings noch mit einer zweiten Tour im Laufe des Jahres und außerdem natürlich wie immer so viele Weekender wie möglich!

Mit welchen Bands würdet ihr gern einmal zusammen auftreten und wieso? Hattet ihr bis jetzt schon ein prägendes Tour/Konzerterlebnis?

Ich denke Comeback Kid wäre nach wie vor unser absoluter Traumpartner in Sachen Tour. Wir hatten schon zweimal die Ehre mit ihnen die Bühne zu teilen und diese zwei Shows waren auf jeden Fall auch zwei unserer coolsten Shows! Eine davon war das Never Say Die Open Air in Trier letztes Jahr, auf welchem auch Legenden wie Madball, Shai Hulud und die derzeitigen Schwergewichtschampions Parkway Drive am Start waren. War definitiv eine Erfahrung mit all den Bands zu denen man aufblickt Backstage abzuhängen und zu labern!

Myspace war ja früher viel mehr auf Musik ausgelegt als Facebook jetzt, empfindet ihr da einen Unterschied? So ein 'Post' kann ja leichter mal untergehen. Habt ihr noch andere Methoden eure Fans auf dem laufenden zu halten?

Der Unterschied zwischen Myspace und Facebook ist natürlich enorm! Allerdings bietet Facebook aufgrund der absoluten Dauerbenutzung eines jeden Menschen auf diesem Planeten eine viel bessere Möglichkeit Massen zu erreichen. Natürlich kann so ein Post auf Facebook mal untergehen, das konnte ein Bulletin auf Myspace allerdings auch!
Eine weitere Methode seine Fans zuverlässig auf dem Laufenden zu halten ist natürlich über die zwei Social Network Kings die derzeit direkt nach Facebook kommen: Tumblr und Twitter! Schaut da vielleicht einfach mal bei uns vorbei!

Was haltet ihr von der momentanen deutschen Musikszene und von gehypten Bands (wie zum Beispiel Eskimo Callboy)? 

Aus Deutschland kommen ein paar echt coole Bands die mit uns befreundet sind und ihr Handwerk 1a verstehen! Ganz vorne sind da beispielsweise unsere Homies in A Traitor Like Judas und Elude The End, um nur zwei zu nennen, und alles in allem kann man die deutsche Hardcore/Metal Szene zurzeit schon als sehr florierend bezeichnen. Gerade aus dem Ruhrpott schießt zurzeit wieder eine nach der anderen freshen Hardcore Band aus dem Boden! Augen und Ohren offen halten!

Bands wie Eskimo Callboy machen Musik die uns absolut gar nicht zusagt. Solche Bands haben in unseren Augen nichts mehr mit dem Hardcore und Metal zu tun den wir lieben, jedoch lässt sich auch hier über Geschmäcker streiten. Ich habe mich um ehrlich zu sein bis jetzt auch zu wenig mit der Band befasst um ein ausführliches Feedback geben zu können, das Interesse ist aber auch nicht da. Ich hab vor ein paar Monaten angefangen einen Song zu hören und ihn nach 30 Sekunden weggeklickt. Nicht alles was einen Hype hat ist zwangsläufig auch gut.

Und zum Schluss: Was bedeutet es euch in dieser Band zu sein?
Alles.

  

Von Luisa Melibajew

Three questions to deathcore band Science Of Sleep (GER)

Just two years ago you founded SOS and this year you will share the stage with Suffokate & Blind Witness. Did you ever dare to think things would go so fast?

First of all: Thank you for doing this interview!
Even though we started just two years ago we have always put a lot of hard work into our writing and the hell lot of shows we played yet (about 100 in the first 2 years) . We always wanted to become more than just "one of those bands", so we really appreciate the response we get by being supportact for bigger bands. We have had the honour to play with Suffokate, death metal kings Obituary, The Ghost Inside and other rather famous bands. We are kind of getting used to it.  


What is the secret of your succes?

As said before: hard work. We put an awful lot of time in the whole "band thing", by which I mean the songwriting, the whole bookingshit and mailing stuff, organization, merchandise and whatever but many bands do that too. The reason of our, if you want it to call "success" is a secret to me too! I think we just started at the right time. And we do not cover shitty pop songs to become popular... Maybe we are just awesome or people are stupid, haha.



What is your message to the people reading this?

To all people who read this: Please check out Science Of Sleep for maximum deathcore sickness, come to our shows and have a good time with us! We are very thankful for all kind of support, so go ahead and show us your love!

hi5 sos

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SOSMETAL

Parkway Drive EU TOUR 2012

It is official now: Parkway Drive has planned a EU tour in April 2012. The tour will kick off on April 6 in The Netherlands and will end in Belgium at the Groezrock hardcore- and punk festival on the 28^th of April. Eleven blessed countries will be witnessing PWD’s tour with The Ghost Inside and Miss May I as support acts. After this tour, the band will return to Australia to start working on their new album.

The tour will look like this:

06.04.12 Holland Amsterdam @ Melkweg
07.04.12 UK London @ Indigo2
08.04.12 UK Birmingham @ HMV Institute
09.04.12 UK Glasgow @ ABC
10.04.12 UK Manchester @ Academy
11.04.12 UK Cardiff @ Uni Great Hall
12.04.12 Germany Oberhausen @ Turbinenhalle
13.04.12 France Paris @ Bataclan
14.04.12 France Lyon @ Transbordeur, Rockstorm Fest
15.04.12 Spain Madrid @ Sala Heineken
16.04.12 Spain Barcelona @ Sala Razzmatazz
17.04.12 France Toulon @ Le Vox
18.04.12 Italy Milano @ Alcatraz
19.04.12 Germany München @ Tonhalle
20.04.12 Austria Wien @ Gasometer
21.04.2012 Germany Leipzig @ Agra, Impericon Fest
22.04.12 Germany Würzburg @ Posthalle
23.04.12 Denmark Copenhagen @ Pumpehuset
24.04.12 Sweden Gothenburg @ Trädgårn
25.04.12 Norway Oslo @ John Dee
26.04.12 Sweden Stockholm @ Klubben
27.04.12 Germany Hamburg @ Große Freiheit 36
28.04.12 Belgium Meerhout @ Groezrock Fest




update by Nele Waegeman.

Refused Party Progam exclusive show in Café Gonzo (Ninove, Belgium)

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

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

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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.

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:

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

For more details and pictures about their projects: 
http://hardcore-help.com/current-projects/

Awesome looking official HHF shirts for only 10 euro & other band-shirts:
http://hardcorehelpfoundation.limitedpressing.com/