Aanthems

Blood and Guts, Heart and Soul, Rock'n'Roll.

"a combustible mixture of throat-shredding vocals and hook-filled anthems over a colossal wall of bass and
drums, played with unabashed punk fervour and swagger. Ferociously heavy and dangerously catchy."
- 50thirdand3rd

"insidious rage and vehement drumming blends hardcore and metal into fume frenzy punk-as-fuck tracks
that may elicit a neck-snapping reaction from the listener."
- Rekt Chords

Ryan and Geof Dolejsi are actual brothers, so it may not be surprising to learn that they have been playing music
together in some form or another since they were kids. They cut their teeth in the Vancouver diy hardcore scene in
the early 90s but despite witnessing many legendary bands first hand, have learned almost nothing about the right
way to do things.
Aanthems is driven entirely by feel. Ryan plays bass completely wrong, using guitar amps exclusively and leaning
heavily on chords and structures he doesn’t fully understand. It’s almost impossible to get Geof to just play “a normal
beat” which is probably a fair coping mechanism for Ryan’s atypical bass style. On top of that they love to mess up
time signatures whenever it “feels right” which tends to be often.
They find themselves stuck in an endless cycle of recording music that is almost impossible to play live, then striving
to make it sound even more powerful at shows, only to up the ante on the next round. Obviously this is unsustainable,
but since both brothers are still able bodied, expect this trend to continue. Ryan and Geof wear their hearts on their
sleeves and speak to issues that effect them deeply. It’s not hard to get swallowed up in the raw emotion of their
cathartic rage, but even in the darkest hour this is clearly a band that has hope in spades.