Hey, time for another Croatian band from my home scene to grace the pages of this zine. Kriva Istina are band originally from Slavonski Brod, but are based in Zagreb. Their last album from couple of years ago is one of the best albums this scene had to offer in last twenty years as long as I remember. I was eager to wait what will they do next. There were couple of line-up changes, they got new bass player and added another second guitar to the line-up which made the band even more powerful. This new e.p. is conceived as first chapter which describes situation in our country and world and will eventually be added to full length album at least that is how I understood the plan. There are four songs on this one. What I love about this band is that they sing in Croatian language and lyrics are so smartly and great written, that it is a pleasure to read them along with the music. Kriva Istina play melodic hardcore punk with lyrics themed in some of the wrongs that are happening right now, and themes in our country are neverending with so much injustice, thievery, primitivism being at front of media and people right now. The songs themselves are kind of continuation where the last album left off, with Pitanje being my personal favorite but all of the songs I listened to over and over again. Hod u propast is also superb song and I love every single minute of this e.p. I saw them play live couple of years ago in Slovenia at Tepih na paleti festival and would love to see soon how the new line-up sounds and how these new songs sound live, I am sure they are awesome. This is a strong release by this great band.
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Slovenian hardcore heavyweights REACH A.D. released new video!
After some line-up changes, re-organization and slight name adjustment Slovenian hardcore heavyweights Reach A.D. are back with new video and what a bomb it is! Check this one out! Also, go see their show it is energy at another level!
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New bands announced for SBÄM Fest 4!
The question marks in our line-up have caused a lot of guesswork and the most interesting conjectures in the last months. Now the time has come to reveal at least one secret and in the process announce both bad and good news: Yes, it would have been Bad Religion … the emphasis is unfortunately on “would have been”, because the punk veterans unfortunately have to cancel. But this bad news is immediately followed by good news, because we have found a worthy replacements and also add three more bands on top!
Pennywise
For more than 30 years, the bros from Hermosa Beach have defended their status as the most important hardcore band from the second wave of SoCal punk. Known and loved for their relentless sound and middle-finger anthems that guarantee the loudest singalongs at SBÄM Fest.
Bridge City Sinners
Hailing from the mist-shrouded hills of the Pacific Northwest, Bridge City Sinners span the spectrum from Prohibition-era jazz to Appalachian death folk. Don’t miss this explosive mix of genres at SBÄM Fest either!
The Von Tramps
With powerhouse vocals from Jenny Enemy, screaming guitar riffs from Chelsea Oxborough and thunderous bass from Krissandra Anfinson, The Von Tramps‘ second album “GO” is already the must-have of the year. On top, the trio delivers an incredible live show that will also make a sensation at SBÄM Fest.
The Partie
As support of Acht Eimer Hühnerherzen in April 2022 Die Partie has already proven that they are a live banger. Smart punk in German between rock and acoustic straight outta Linz, which you should definitely check out at SBÄM Fest.
Organizer Stefan Beham about SBÄM Fest 4:
We had to postpone SBÄM Fest 4 a total of four times due to Covid-19 – that was pretty tough and painful each time. All the more, I’m looking forward to finally being able to put all our plans into action in 2022. And we have quite a lot planned: In addition to the great line-up, for which fans are even traveling from Australia, we have come up with two side actions to offer the audience a bit more. My youth hero Steve Caballero will be part of SBÄM Sports and in the context of the SBÄM Exhibit I will present my works together with other artists, with which everything actually started. After the past years at the Alter Schlachthof in Wels, the step to the Tabakfabrik in Linz is of course big, but our community is also getting bigger and bigger and I have the best team to make it all happen. We can’t wait for July!

