In the spring of '94 four friends are talking about their mutual interest: Hardcore Music. They decide it's time to start their own band, playing music they love. One week later Wyb (guitar), Patrick (vocals), Frank (bass) and Richard (drums) get together for their first rehearsal. From then on they are known as Backfire!. In the following weeks they write their first couple o
f songs, and record them on their first demo titled "The Last Time". The reactions are unanimously positive, and when German label "Lost & Found" get their hands on a copy of the demo they decide to offer Backfire! record deal. After weeks of delay Backfire!'s first recording "Who Told You Life Is Easy?" is released in October '95. They start playing their first shows all over Holland, and Belgium alongside hardcore legends like Warzone, Madball and 25 Ta Life. Soon their reputation is set. Less than 6 months later Backfire!'s first full-length CD "Rebel 4 Life" is released. Impressed with the quality of "Rebel 4 Life" New York hardcore legends Warzone ask Backfire! to support them on their 6 week European tour. At the end of their tour Backfire! have a disagreement with "Lost & Found", and the band decides to leave the label and look for a new record deal. Several labels show interest in Backfire!, and they finally sign a deal with "Kingfisher Records", and a couple of months later they are in the studio to record their second full-length album "All Bets Are Off", which is released in September '97. In the following months Backfire! tours Europe with Deviate, and play tons of shows all over Europe to promote their critically acclaimed album. At this time Backfire!'s popularity reaches its climax, and they become a household name to every hardcore fan in Europe. The continuous touring and playing takes its toll at the end of October '98, when they are touring Europe with 25 Ta Life, they decide it's time to take some time of before they start writing new songs. Richard uses this time to play the drums on the Commin' Correct tour in Europe and to record an album with his side project Determined. Unfortunately on March 20th 1999, Richard takes his own life. His friends and family are shocked to hear this sad news, and it takes several months before Backfire! starts thinking about their future as a band. Replacing someone like Richard is hard, but finally they decide to continue with Homethrust drummer Igor. In June 2000 record their new album "Still Dedicated" at the Hautregard Studio in Herve, Belgium and onca again toured all over Europe with Madball and many more. A year later they recorded a new EP The War Stars Here, which was released in September 2001 during theyre European Tour with Breakdown and Maximum Penalty on the First Eastpak Resistance Tour. After two years of hard work these M-Town Rebels are back with a new record. Change The Game was recorded in Brooklyn, NY and was prodcued by Mike Dijan from Breakdown an Math Henderson from Madball and A.F While recording the record Backfire! also played a couple of shows with Madball in Cbgb's and Connecticut right after they got together with Freddy Madball and Billy Grazaidei(who the've met on the Biohazard Backfire european tour) who both appear on this great new record. Backfire! will play all the major festivals this summer and will tour Europe after the summer to promote this new studio album. So check these guys out and understand why Backfire! is one of the leading European Hardcore bands. Are Last album "in Harms way" is out on GSR and still available and our DVD is comming out in 2011.Backfire signed off in november 2009!But after 3 years they came back for an encore,there new and hardest album so far goes under the name "My Broken World" and is released in Februari 17th 2012 on GSR Music!In 2012 Backfire! will be touring again,starting with their "My Broken World Tour" In march 2012! Still dedicated!
Also Sjarm 13 (ex reaching foward and NTB) is replacing Frank on the bass and together they are ready to go back on stage again and raise hell!
Formé en 1999, DO OR DIE a toujours été un groupe de scène. Mené par son chanteur et fondateur, Chris, DO OR DIE se sent aussi bien sur les planches des grands festivals metal/hardcore d'Europe, en première partie de Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, ProPain ou Biohazard que devant 100 personnes dans un club, donnant la même énergie et la même prestance que s'il s'agissait du dernier concert. Après leur premier EP 7 inches « Tears of Rage » (500 exemplaires vendus en moins d'un mois), ils tournent sans relâche à travers le Benelux et la France et c'est en 2001 que sort leur premier LP « Heart Full of Pain » sur I Scream Records. Ils enchaînent les concerts et enregistrent la même année « The Meaning of Honor » qui sort début 2002. DO OR DIE connaîtra cependant à ce moment là des moments difficiles.
C’est en 2004 que DO OR DIE retrouve un line-up stable, ils continuent à tourner et composer (enchaînant notamment le même week-end Pressure Fest, Graspop et Fury Fest). « Tradition » sort en 2005 et marque le début de leur collaboration avec Alveran Records et M.A.D. Tourbooking qui leur ouvre les portes de l'Allemagne. Mais la même année, DO OR DIE se sépare d'un de leurs guitaristes. Ils décident de continuer à cinq et de composer un nouvel album tout en assurant la promotion de « Tradition » à travers l'Allemagne, les Pays-Bas, la Pologne, la Suède, les menant dans des festivals renommés tel que le Durbuy Rock, DOUR Fest, le Pressure Fest, le With Full Force, et même le Superbowl of Hardcore à New York.
Le 4e album intitulé « Pray for Them » sort en mai 2008 et pose les bases du nouveau départ de DO OR DIE. Une nouvelle personnalité est née qui contient l'héritage des albums précédents et qui s'avère être beaucoup plus agressive que dans « Tradition ».
En avril 2010, Do Or Die était encore sur les routes pour une tournée européenne d’une quinzaine de dates avec Agnostic Front. Preuve d’un grand intérêt tant du public que des groupes majeurs de la scène hardcore. DOD est devenu sans conteste une valeur sûre du hardcore européen !
Le groupe prépare son prochain album en vue de franchir, une nouvelle fois, un pas supplémentaire. Quelques dates wallonnes en septembre/octobre dernier ont encore prouvé le haut potentiel du groupe, c’était aussi l’occasion pour lui de rôder un nouveau set et un nouveau second chanteur.
On se réjouit déjà d’entendre ce 5e album !
Rise of the Northstar est un jeune groupe de Trash/Hardcore originaire de Paris. La légende dit que malgré leur attache française, l’essence même du groupe est née dans les bas-fonds du Shibuya des années 80. En effet, la culture japonaise, les mangas et ses “Furyos“ font partie intégrante de la musique de ROTNS. Au travers des textes et de l’imagerie distillés dans sa musique, le groupe se crée une véritable identité, unique, flirtant avec le N.Y. Hardcore des années 90, le Shonen Manga et le Beatdown actuel.
En plus de morceaux efficaces à l'accent hip-hop, ROTNS adopte des codes méconnus au sein de la scène musicale violente actuelle, ceux des «yankees» et autres «Bosozokus» japonnais. L’identité est forte, les textes ont du fond et traitent de valeurs défendues dans les mangas mettant en scènes ces «Japanese Bad Boys». Et la recette fait plutôt mouche. Très vite des dates tombent et le groupe joue ses premiers concerts en France et en Europe, puis s’attelle à la création de son premier Maxi 5 titres.
“Tokyo Assault“ à été enregistré en 5 jours au Studio St MARTHE par Guillaume Mauduit (Providence, Kick Back, Out for the count). Là encore l’accueil est bon, et très vite ROTNS sort réellement du lot au sein de la scène hardcore Parisienne puis Française. Landscape Rockshop intègre alors le groupe à la “Landscape Family“ et leur offre leur premier Batofar aux côtés d’autres formations française tel que Chunk! No Capitain Chunk! et Admiral’s Arms. Dans le même temps, la formation se fait endorser par la marque de boisson énergisante “Monster Energy“ qui souhaite pénétrer le marché rock français avec l’aide de formations comme Empyr, Enhancer, L’esprit du Clan ou The Bridal Procession.
Le EP sorti, les premières chroniques tombent... et elles sont élogieuses. Agressif, puissant mais surtout original dans son approche identitaire, le groupe se démarque encore un peu plus des formations violentes classiques. On commence même à en parler sur les blog de japanimation et autres forums d'otakus.
Février 2011, un nouveau titre “Protect Ya Chest“ clipé par Berzerker est diffusé sur le net. L’accueil est excellent avec plus de 15.000 vues en l’espace d’une semaine sur le Dailymotion du groupe. Par la suite, la vidéo est relayée par une multitudes de blogs hardcore, métal, graphisme, japanimation, mais aussi des groupes important du paysage Beatdown Européen tel que Nasty ou Six Fit Ditch. En ça est en train de naître la véritable plus value du groupe, il fédère, aussi bien au niveau du paysage rock violent au sens large du terme (metal/Hardcore/Death) qu’au niveau des aficionados du manga et autres passionnés de japanimation...
Juin 2011, ROTNS offre un nouveau titre sur le net « Phoenix », téléchargeable au prix d’1€ au profit des victimes de la catastrophe de Fukushima, via la Croix Rouge japonaise. Là aussi le clip est vu plusieurs milliers de fois en quelques jours seulement.
Tokyo n’a qu’à bien se tenir, ROTNS approche.
Formed in 2005, PROVIDENCE come from the depths of filthy PARIS and play dark and brutal hardcore, full of crushing breakdowns. Since their beginning the band sought to innovate rather than imitate, intending to create a combination of social/political awareness and aggression. Feeling that hardcore had strayed from its roots and DIY ethic into subgenres like emo and chaotic metal, a good, basic, heavy sound is their aim.
Providence’s style is huge, metallic and epic, yet manages to be efficient and straight up at the same time. A low and thick dual guitar sound is underpinned by intense double-bass drumming, mostly switching between mid-tempo and punishing breakdowns but occasionally breaking into full-on bursts of hardcore speed. The hoarse-growled vocals that complete this already potent formula are complimented by monstrous gang backups, spitting out venom on a variety of topics including politics, economy and the craziness of the world, yet maintaining a poetic turn of phrase.
PROVIDENCE ’s violent and energetic live shows, to-the-point music and thought provoking, bleak, reflective lyrics never fail to impress live audiences. With the quintet always eager to hit the road, their fanbase is constantly expanding outside of their city and country, forging a blazing path of hardcore force and brutality that France hasn’t produced in quite some time.
PROVIDENCE have shared spots in France, USA, Brasil, Russia, Scandinavia and across Europe with such notable heavyweights as Cro-Mags, Strife, Agnostic Front, Shattered Realm, Madball, Terror, Cruel Hand, Nueva Etica, Vision Of Disorder, Born From Pain, E-Town Concrete, 25 Ta Life among others.
• Hellfest 2009, US tour 2009 with CDC
• 1 month US summer tour 2010 with California 's THROUGH THIS DEFIANCE
• Brasil tour 2011 with NORTE CARTEL
• Scandinavia 2 parts tour 2012 : Estonia, Finlande, Sweden, Denmark
• Asia tour in 2013
• Russia weekend tour 2013
• Canada tour 2013 on the way
and more to come...
PARIS HEAVY HARDCORE | GET THE BEST AND FUCK THE REST
Formed in Liege, Belgium, back in 1997, SURGE OF FURY first came together with no other aims apart from to enjoy playing together. Over a decade later, through line-up changes and various releases, the band have never strayed from the path they have chosen, and never will. Not motivated by fame, money or anything other than the passion they feel, not swayed by criticism or seeking anyone’s approval, SURGE OF FURY have only ever followed their own hearts. Although the band’s roots and influences in heavy, aggressive hardcore are obvious, their approach to song writing is anything but - SURGE OF FURY’s arrangements are far from typical, and always capable of keeping listeners on their toes with the way an ultra heavy, double-bass driven dance part can clobber you out of nowhere, or the fresh and imaginative twist they add to the standard hardcore song structure. Nevertheless, there is plenty in their music to prove that the band also excel at creating straight up raging ultra fast hardcore, with harsh bellowed vocals and furious group backups. With their combination of fast, manic energy and off kilter staccato heaviness, it’s clear that SURGE OF FURY have sought to innovate rather than clone anything that has come before them. Honed into a tight and experienced unit by years of playing together across Europe, the band remain bonded together by the music they love, and have seen many come and go while they have continued to hold true.
We are a three-piece band from Paris, born in Jan. 2009. Stop reading. This is about music.