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(fanzine) Virus is another excellent zine from our scene.

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I was told by my friend Emil that there is another great physical fanzine from our scene worth reading. Virus is a fanzine done by Batko, the drummer for Disbaja, who lives in Zagreb and also organizes gigs there. First thing is how this zine is beautifully done. Really, from front cover across the whole zine, all black, with great layout and easy to read. When I say read, there are tons of material to read in there. I love how Batko mixes personal and political into one undivided whole, with also great dose of sarcasm and black humor thrown in there. There are columns, among them touching column done by Puljko from Namet, about his fight with leukemia and I was so struck when I read that one. Really, health is the most important thing we must hold onto. All other shit that seems hard and fucked up is nothing compared to health and heavy diseases. Also, there are interesting interviews with Aligrindtor, Doomtown Records, Smrt Razuma and Celetoids, also Left To Starve which was most interesting to read. Couple of reviews, soundtrack for the end of the world composed of radio friendly hits. I think which one of those would be mine soundtrack for apocalypse, superb gig reports and also columns about life in quarantine, dealing with it, dealing with state oppression, thoughts about freedom, love, capitalism. Also, an interesting piece done by Ivan, guitarist of Disbaja, about punks having a kid or kids. I read this zine in one afternoon, how great this one is. I havent read something so good since Fejer˙s Mentalna Smrt zines. But, this one left me hungry for more. Can not wait for new issue. Order your copy at:

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Brutal Assault new bands announcement for 2020. It is going to be awesome line-up!

Bands update 2019-10-21

BRUTAL ASSAULT #25

August 5-8, 2020 | fortress Josefov

4 days – 5 stages – horror cinema – exhibitions

Read this because this is fantastic:

It’s still just October but we are already announcing a second massive batch of bands! It’s twenty new names total and we will start with the more underground acts.

The war poets 1914 are coming from Ukraine to deliver their sludge-ish take on of black / death metal blend. For the next band we stay in black metal waters but geographically we move all the way to Singapore to DRACONIS INFERNUM with their blistering old school black. Black metal is also a part of the SIGH portfolio. But as is customary with the Japanese, they add a lot of unique weirdness to the mix including flutes and saxophones. Another underground gem that also features a brass section are Italians OTTONE PESANTE. They have built their unique sound exclusively on a trumpet and trombone accompanied by furious drums. This trio will bring an avant-garde devil-may-care attitude to the fortress. The same will be true about the avant-garde black metal chaosmongers PENSÉES NOCTURNES. As far as extravagancy in metal goes, the country of Gallic rooster is always a guarantee of a great experience. FRONTIERER, a quintet from the United Kingdom or more precisely from Scotland, will also represent a non-standard cut. Expect the Energy of The Dillinger Escape Plan, dissonant riffs ala Car Bomb and hammer fist sound. The death metal powerhouse MASS INFECTION have both technique and brutality. They draw from both American school and European school, bet on speed and hellish melodies. It’s definitely gonna get hot with AUTHOR & PUNISHER. Industrial metal, drone, noise.. just tremendous power of sound that will drop you to your knees. When talking about world-class avant-garde, you certainly cannot avoid mentioning Norwegian masters ARCTURUS. We are always excited about their progressive black-ish show fronted by the voice of ICS Vortex and backed by the drums of Hellhammer (Mayhem). Now a band we are extremely excited about – BEYOND CREATION! We have been working on bringing their brilliant technical death metal for a long time and finally we’ve succeeded. There will be no shortage of technical approach and complicated structures with deathcore intruders RING OF SATURN either, as they are gonna present the upcoming album “Gidim”. The explosive but songful metalcore of the Englishmen WHILE SHE SLEEPS belongs to the top class of the genre. And the same can be said of American thrashers HAVOK, whose work offers not only old school but also modern approaches to songwriting. Modern outlook and futuristic visions of industrial alternative metal will be imposed on the masses by STATIC-X! Their revived line-up after the demise of the singer Wayne kills live. And the same goes for the current line-up of CRADLE OF FILTH, who are experiencing a second peak. And you will experience the peak, because they will bring “Cruelty and the Beast” in its entirety! VADER have 35 years of experience under their belt and they are battle-hardened veterans, who simply belong to Brutal Assault. Especially when They will bring „De Profundis“ a „Littany“ show! Only 5 years younger are NECROPHOBIC, one of a kind band focused on melodies in blackened death metal from Sweden. We stay in Scandinavia with Norwegian savages KVELERTAK. They like to merge genres. Black metal, hardcore punk, heavy metal… this is gonna be a wild ride! TOXIC HOLOCAUST will unleash short-burst thrashing onslaught and finally we are finishing with another Czech premiere. We always welcome Nergal in our fortress with open arms. This time, however, he does not come with Behemoth, but arrives in a hat with the melancholic songs of ME AND THAT MAN.

Bands update #2: 1914, ARCTURUS, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, BEYOND CREATION, CRADLE OF FILTH, DRACONIS INFERNUM, FRONTIERER, HAVOK, KVELERTAK, MASS INFECTION, ME AND THAT MAN, NECROPHOBIC, OTTONE PESANTE, PENSÉES NOCTURNES, RING OF SATURN, SIGH, STATIC–X, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, VADER, WHILE SHE SLEEPS

Tickets: https://shop.brutalassault.cz/

FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/493050868165392

List of confirmed acts so far: 1914, ARCTURUS, ASPHYX, ATARI TEENAGE RIOT, AUTHOR & PUNISHER, BEYOND CREATION, CRADLE OF FILTH, DARK FUNERAL, DESPISED ICON, DRACONIS INFERNUM, EVOKEN, FRONTIERER, HAVOK, HENTAI CORPORATION, KVELERTAK, MANES, MASS INFECTION, ME AND THAT MAN, MYRKUR, NECROPHOBIC, NOCTURNUS AD, OTTONE PESANTE, PENSÉES NOCTURNES, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS performing a Vulgar Display of PANTERA, RAZOR, RING OF SATURN, SIGH, STATIC–X, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, VADER, VENOM, WHILE SHE SLEEPS, WORMROT

(gig report) Organizirani Kaos po dvadeset prvi put opet pokazao zašto je jedan od najdražih festivala.

Kutina je poznata kao mjesto u kojem je od 90-ih kada smo bili klinci underground scena bila jaka. Hrpa odličnih bendova, hrpa super prijateljskih ljudi koji su radili odlične koncerte i klub Baraka u kojem je svirao skoro svaki bend sa tadašnje domaće punk hardcore scene. Jednom godišnje ekipa je organizirala festival koji se zove Organizirani Kaos. Eto, danas nova generacija u Kutini radi odličan posao da održava scenu živom, u pripremi je nova Baraka, a festival se i ove godine održao na poznatom mjestu i to po dvadeset i prvi put!

Početkom tjedna je bilo malo povuci potegni što se tiče vremenske prognoze, ali kao da je znalo vrijeme je izdržalo i prekrasno je toplo popodne bilo kada se poprilično brojna ekspedicija sa sjevera uputila u Kutinu, kojih 130-ak kilometara od našeg grada. Brzo smo našli mjesto gdje se festival održava na zatvorenim nekadašnjim bazenima gdje je prelijepo mjesto za diy underground festival. Kada smo došli tamo održavao se popodnevni dio festivala koji je bio rezerviran za igre na otvorenom, cuganje, druženje i svirku na maloj improviziranoj bini, uspio sam uhvatiti zadnje dvije ili tri pjesme zagrebačkih Trophy Jump.

Bližila se večer i pala noć, pa je bilo vrijeme za početak glavnog dijela programa, kojeg je otvorio Zdenko Franjić sa svojim Lutajući DJ Zdena programom potpomognut ako sam dobro vidio sa kultnim likom Lou Profa.

Bina je ove godine bila smještena na drugoj strani festivalskog područja kako bi se organizatori osigurali u slučaju lošeg vremena. Jedina stvar koja mi je smetala su one vražje drvene palete ispred bine smještene jedna na drugu i kao stvorene za vrijeme festivala da zaboraviš, krivo staneš i spotakneš se ili uganeš nogu. Bar tri puta sam zaboravio i krivo stao, starost valjda.

Prvi bend koji je zasvirao su dno. Nikada prije nisam slušao taj bend, pa me živo zanimalo na šta liče, pošto nemam običaj prije giga slušati bend na internetu, volim se iznenaditi. Ovog puta iznenađenje je bilo ugodno. Riječ je o triu koji svira neki miks garažnog punka, stonera i rock n rolla. Takvi bendovi su mi uglavnom žešći smor, no ovaj bend ima ono nešto da me natjeralo da pogledam i poslušam cijeli njihov set. Gitarist i basist se odlično nadopunjuju na vokalima, imaju neke jako lijepe vokalne melodije u pjesmama i koliko sam uspio uhvatiti pjevaju na hrvatskom, pa je to dodatni plus budući da takvi bendovi dosta pucaju na šire tržište i rokaju uglavnom na engleskom. Sve u svemu, jako dobar bend i jako dobar nastup sa puno buke i energije.

Bakterije iz Čakovca su nakon uvodne dvije ili tri pjesme imali velikih tehničkih problema sa bas gitarom, no srećom uspjeli su ih riješiti i to ih nije poljuljalo da naprave u publici pred binom veliki ples i šutku redajući brze hardcore punk hitove sa aktualnog novog albuma Raspad sistema kojeg promoviraju, ispremiješane sa provjerenim uspješnicama kao što su Zaboravi me, Kako da živimo, Kad si mlad, Dižem svoj glas, a svoj set su uz sveopće pjevanje zaključili sa Sam i kao bonus još stari provjereni hit Mir.

Alergija iz Zadra su nedavno svirali kod nas u Prostoru na promociji albuma gore spomenutih Bakterija, no tada sam ih propustio, ali ovog puta sam nadoknadio propušteno i uz pivu dvije pogledao i poslušao cijeli set. Riječ je bendu sa puno staža na sceni još tamo ih prve polovice 90-ih, a sviraju street/oi punk predvođeni karizmatičnim frontmanom Stipom. Moram priznati  da su prva dva albuma bila odlična, a ove kasnije nisam baš puno slušao, no Alergija je u svoj set obuhvatila i stare hitove kao što su Četvrti stalež, Antišminkerska i uz sveopće pjevanje obradu Cock Sparrer-Ugasimo žeđ odnosno Take ´em all kao i Bepo Bagulin. Odličan sound, nastup i set pjesama.

Six Pack iz Srbije su mi jedan od najdražih domaćih bendova i uvijek ih mogu pogledati uživo, a prošla je skoro godina dana otkad sam ih zadnje gledao i slušao uživo. Miki i ekipa nikada me ne razočaraju i odsvirali su praktički sve pjesme koje sam želio čuti i oduševili sve nas prisutne koji smo dali sve od sebe pjevajući sve od prve do zadnje pjesma na hitove Fabrička greška, Vodite me, Poslednja kap, Ovde je kraj, Viša sila, Crveni makovi, Delfinov let i mnoge druge. Bend je bio oduševljen i svirački dao sve od sebe da vrati publici koja je bila fenomenalna. Zakon.

Zadnji bend večeri Antitodor iz Pule sam nedavno gledao u Sračincu kraj Varaždina, pa su ovaj put odsvirali skoro istu setlistu, koju su malo morali skratiti, jer se bližio kraj dozvoljenog vremena festivala. Oni su nastavili feštu koju su prethoni bendovi napravili i digli sve skupa na još veću razinu, vokal Todor, iako ima kako sam kaže 40 godina staža u pjevanju na bini sa bendom i 53 godine, je vidno raspoložen skako, pjevao sa fanovima, te je naprosto fascinantno koliko taj čovjek ima energije, životne volje i uvjerenja u to što radi. Živa legenda! Nadam se da ću u tim godinama i ja tako iako nas samo 11 godina dijeli hehe.

Sve što je dobro kratko traje, pa je još jedan Organizirani kaos završio. Ekipi koja radi festival želimo sve najbolje i zahvaljujemo na još jednoj prekrasnoj zabavi i uvijek ćete imati našu podršku. Zora je već rudila kada smo se uputili na zasluženi počinak da odmorimo za put doma sutradan.

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