This Saturday was finally the day, once again a hardcore event in our sleepy little town. Yes, we have some good HC bands down here in the Black Forest, but unfortunately, the venues are not so great.
The occasion for the event was the release of the vinyl record "Grombiera und Paprika", a split LP featuring the bands "Nulla Osta" (hardcore from Croatia), "Corrosive" (hardcore/thrash/punk from Germany), as well as "Nakot" (punk/hardcore from Serbia) and "Murder Disco X" (punk/hardcore/rock from Germany). It was released under the label of "Fucking Kill Records" (Villingen/Germany). Since this release was officially registered as a birthday party with the city, there was no official advertising, only word of mouth and various distribution methods through different communities on the web. So I checked again in the morning where the venue was located, and at 7:00 PM it all began.
When we arrived, not too many people had gathered yet, and the weather had deteriorated so much that the event had to be moved indoors from outside.
About half an hour after my arrival, the first performance started, which had only been added to the program spontaneously the week before: a suspension, conducted by the "Tattoo und Ethnoshop" Villingen. Among the audience were many who were seeing such a show for the first time, but curiosity kept everyone captivated in the room. It is indeed fascinating how someone is lifted into the air by four hooks.
After this act, the courtyard had filled noticeably with more people, and I saw some faces I had lost touch with over the past years. So the time until the performance of "Life Ends" (grindcore/hardcore/punk from Lahr), who still had to do a little soundcheck, was spent chatting and drinking Radler or beer. And then they began with their hatecore, quickly, loudly, aggressively the three?? guys whipped their sound through the room. Titles like "Merkel du Hurensohn", the SOD cover "Fuck the Middle East", "Mannstopwirkung", and "Hartz 4 Terrorcamp" slowly got the audience in the mood. Singer Daniel then invited Chris's little son ("Corrosive") to scream into the microphone, unfortunately, his voice is not yet as powerful as his father's, who stood by his son, and there was a wonderful spontaneous scream duet. With the song "Corrosive", "Live Ends" concluded their performance after a good half hour, creating a seamless transition to the next band.
In the meantime, time had passed faster than expected, and there was not much time left until 10:00 PM. So some titles were quickly removed from the setlist to keep within the time frame and avoid an unpleasant encounter with the authorities. And then it started, "Persönlichkeitsfindung", "Fragezeichen", and "Immer an diesen Tagen" brought energy to the room, unfortunately, I couldn't make it in time and had to watch from the door, which was not a problem given my height. Additionally, a spontaneous pogo cleared the center of the room, while the rest of the audience huddled closely against the wall. During "Norbert", everyone sang along loudly, and the classics "Krankes Tier Mensch", "Automatenmenschen", and "Schauspieler" were not missing. The four guys played their songs with their usual routine, always with a lot of fun and feeling; just watching Tom at his drum kit is always a pleasure. You can tell that the guys live and love their music. After "Recycle Dich selbst" and another "Norbert" as an encore, this time with even louder singing from the audience, the musical part of the event ended on time.
Unfortunately, it got colder with the increasing darkness, and somehow my better half and I had made the wrong clothing choices, so we headed home right after the concert, of course not without first purchasing the LP, which was actually the reason for the release. It was available that evening with a CD-R supplement, which does not normally come with the LP. (Review to follow in the coming days)
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