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W.A.B. shoots against the rock ‘n’ roll establishment

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W.A.B. comeback with a new music video. “…and kill the worms” feature a controversial cover with the recently deceased Keith Flint, Prodigy vocalist, and is accompanied by the manifesto “Kill the old rockers! Kill the worms”, where they attack a rotten scene that has lost its essence and doesn’t know how to renew itself.

There’s no future in rock ‘n’ roll. With the passage of time we see what it has become and make us want to vomit: old glories that lost their essence long time ago but they never left; others who come back to drag their old asses one more time; tribute bands everywhere… and in the middle of this cult to the past young people are begging to play live!
In the big gigs posters there is a small print which says: “If you are 20 years old, there’s no room for you here”. The new bands are small multifunctional entities that have to take on the role of band, label, booking, promotion, merchandising, producer, and I don’t know how many more things, to end up seeing how the outdated artists are still up there due to the name of their brand and other intricacies that have nothing to do with the essence of rock ‘n’ roll.
Do the current Metallica, Misfits, Discharge, Guns N Roses, Exploited, or Slayer represent anything like that? Or our nearest case, La Polla Records, that seem to be the next to join this geriatric parade. To us, they are only just rancid trying to emulate a past of rebellion that lost long time ago. Those rock dictators are still there after 40 years entrenched on their comfortable armchair, and we would like to remind our sleeping generation that the dictators must be smashed with the guns in hand.
Don’t kill imagination! If the past was better, it’s because now we insist on not living in the present. In the eighties, people didn’t say “the 60s were better”. NO! They said: “Let’s do better than them”. That’s attitude! That’s Rock n Roll!
The current world tells us that we should wait until we are 40 years old to say what we want, but we don’t want to wait. We are 20 years old and we have something to shout NOW!
IT’S TIME TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, TO DECLARE WAR ON THE OLD GUARD. IT’S TIME TO KILL THE WORMS!

 

Wolfrik Release ‘Skeleton City’ On Lurid Pink Vinyl

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Wolfrik release ‘Skeleton City’ on lurid pink vinyl

Canadian melodic-thrash whirlwind Wolfrik have released their debut EP on vinyl on Lockjaw Records (EU) and Thousand Island Records (CAN)

Lockjaw Records (UK/EU) and Thousand Islands Records (US/CAN) are excited to bring you the debut EP from explosive Canadian thrash-metal act Wolfrik on vinyl for the first time! ‘Skeleton City’ hits the shelves on 1 March 2019 on a lurid pink 12” record.

‘Skeleton City’ is charged with fast riffs and galvanizing rock vocals that will instantly grab your attention and take you for a ride. Recorded at Velveteen Audio by James Banks and mastered at West West Side Music by Alan Douches, this is a release your collection can’t be without.

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Wolfrik have exploded onto the punk scene, delivering an irresistible concoction of punk, metal and thrash. Complex yet catchy, melodic yet heavy: this band is nothing short of a good time.

The release supports Wolfrik’s European debut: a full run of dates in the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy in April, including Groezrock, Manchester Punk Festival and SBAM Fest. The band will be joined on tour by Lockjaw label-mates The Affect Heuristic.

Wolfrik have previously played with the likes of Protest The Hero, Black Dahlia Murder, Belvedere and A Wilhelm Scream, and have made an instant impression on everyone’s who’s heard them.

‘Skeleton City’ is available to purchase now from Lockjaw Records and Thousand Island Records. The EP will be available on bright 12’’ vinyl, with a t-shirt bundles also available.

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European Tour Dates
17 April – PORTSMOUTH, UK
18 April – KINGSTON, UK
19 April – MANCHESTER, UK
20 April – GLOUCESTER, UK
21 April – KENT, UK
23 April – ANTWERP, BE
24 April – DEN HAAG, NL
25 April – GRONINGEN, NL
26 April – BERLIN, GER
27 April – MUNICH, GER
29 April – MEZZAGO, IT
30 April – PORTO S. ELIPIDIO, IT
01 May – ROMA, IT
02 May – RAVENNA, IT
03 May – WELS, AT (SBAM FEST)
04 May – NUREMBURG, GER
05 May – DARMSTADT, GER
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Skeleton City Tracklisting

1. Sarcophagus
2. Nails
3. Predator
4. Crowbar
5. Skeleton City

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Wolfrik are:

  • Nathan Troock – Drums
  • Kevin Perry – Guitar
  • Dylan Toews – Vocals
  • Luca Properzi – Bass
  • Mark Seifeddine – Guitar

TOUR NEWS! Bong Mountain / The Run Up / New Junk City / Laureate

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THE RUN UP EMBARK ON ANOTHER BIG EUROPEAN TOUR, BRINGING FRIENDS FROM US AND CANADA.

Bristol melodic punks The Run Up embark on another big European tour and are delighted to bring friends from across the pond:

Bong Mountain – Michigan, USA

Laureate – Montreal, CA

New Junk City – Atlanta, USA

It will be the first time for all three North American bands get a chance to tour Europe and its going to be one big party!

The Run Up are going to be seeing out the whole jaunt with their friends joining them at different stages of the tour which includes several festivals: Booze Cruise Bristol, Bearded Punk Fest, Booze Cruise (Hamburg) and Rock’n’Roll BBQ.

24/05/2019 UK Bristol Booze Cruise
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27/05/2019 UK London New Cross Inn
28/05/2019 FR Lianne No Mans Land
29/05/2019 CH Zurich Hafenkneipe
30/05/2019 DE Bochum Rotunde
31/05/2019 DE Cologne Limes
01/06/2019 BEL Antwerp Bearded Punk Fest
02/06/2019 DE Trier Luckys Luke
03/06/2019 BEL Namur Petit Bitu
04/06/2019 DE Achen Musikbunker
05/06/2019 TBC TBC TBC
06/06/2019 DE Hannover Monster Records
07/06/2019 DE Hamburg Booze Cruise
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11/06/2019 DE Bielefeld Potemkin Bar
12/06/2019 DE Stuttgart JaHu West
13/06/2019 DE Freiburg White Rabbit
14/06/2019 DE Rodgau OpenStage
15/06/2019 DE Lennestadt Rock’n’Roll BBQ
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18/06/2019 AT Vienna Kramladen
19/06/2019 CZ Prague Café Na půl cesty
20/06/2019 DE Berlin Schokoladen
21/06/2019 DE Monchengladbach Kultube