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Na de zeer succesvolle vorige editie in de grote zaal van Luxor Live is er nu een nieuwe oplage met nóg meer Punk aartsvaders. Met Napalm Death, Disorder, Subhumans, Crisis, Neuroot en EU’s Arse heeft het Arnhem Punk Fest Vol. 9 de ondertitel ‘The Pogo Problem’ gekregen! Punk Fest Vol. 9 ‘The Pogo Problem’ programma: Napalm Death (GBR) Aartsvaders en uitvinders van de Grindcore, een Punk sub stroming die sinds het ontstaan ervan einde 1980’er jaren een zeer succesvolle cross-over met heavy metal heeft gemaakt. Napalm Death is uitgegroeid tot een grote naam in het post punk-metal crossover genre, dat tegenwoordig (mainstream) metal is. In 1987 speelde de band voor het eerst in Nederland in de Goudvishal waarbij het spaarzaam aanwezige Punk publiek niet zo goed wist wat het met deze band aan moest. In 1989, vergezelde het Arnhemse Neuroot, ook op The Pogo Problem in actie, Napalm Death voor enige optredens in Engeland waar zij met eigen ogen konden aanschouwen hoe explosief populair de band in de tussentijd in eigen land was geworden. Dit is het derde optreden van Napalm Death in Arnhem sinds de Goudvishal in 1987 en in 1992 met Faith no More in de Rijnhal. Disorder (GBR) Aartsvaders van de ‘Distortion to Deafness’ noise not music stroming binnen de UK 82 explosie uit de UK en als zodanig grondleggers van de brute politieke, anarcho cider ’n homebrew sound (zoals bijvoorbeeld van tijdgenoten Chaos UK. Afkomstig uit Bristol in 1980, hebben vooral hun eerste drie EP’s (‘Complete Disorder’ ‘Distortion to Deafness en ‘Perdition’) een blijvende en diepe invloed gehad op alle punk die daarna kwam. Onderschatte maar zeer invloedrijke en belangrijke band. Subhumans (GBR) Zeer invloedrijke aartsvaders en vaandeldragers van de UK Anarcho Punk. Ook bij hen geldt dat hun eerste, én wat latere EP’s ware klassiekers in het genre zijn. Hun eerste EP ‘Demolition War’ kwam uit in 1981 op het Spiderleg label van de Anarcho band Flux of Pink Indians en sloeg overal in als een bom. Gekenmerkt door een wat ‘muzikalere’ sound en songwriting maar niet minder (juist méér) bijtend en agressief in combinatie met de overeenkomstige teksten en ‘delivery’ van zanger Dick Lucas maakten dit de band onweerstaanbaar. Crisis (GBR) Aartsvaders van de Anarcho Post-Punk en tegelijkertijd hardcore Politieke Punk. ‘Post’ terwijl zij er nog middenin zitten / zaten maar met een ‘industriële’ sound die doet denken aan tijdgenoten Joy Division maar zonder het gejank en mét bijtende Politieke teksten en dito industrial sound: “music to march to”. Opgericht in 1977 met als output klassieke EP’s als No Town Hall, UK 1984, Hymns of Faith , Alienation, Holocaust die getuigen van hun eenmalige sound. OG lid Tony Wakeford is erbij vanaf het begin en ook hier een zeer onderschatte maar zeer invloedrijke en belangrijke band. Ook dit is het eerste optreden van deze band in Nederland ever! Neuroot (NED) Aartsvaders van de Nederlandse D-beat ‘betonpunk’ (Johan van Leeuwen, Koekrand fanzine) sinds 1980 en vaandeldragers tot op de dag van vandaag. Daar waar bands in de 1980’er jaren steeds sneller gingen spelen was Neuroot vooral ‘heavy’ oftewel ‘heftig’. Internationaal veel aandacht gekregen met hun Right is Might EP die uitkwam op het invloedrijke US label Pusmort (van oa. Metallica designer Pushead) en hun vele optredens in binnen en buitenland. Huisband van de Goudvishal Arnhem waar bassist en huidige leadzanger Marcel een van de oprichters en drijvende krachten was. Na een initiële hernieuwde opstart in de jaren 2000 is de band toe aan een (zoveelste) nieuwe leven! EU’s Arse (ITA) Ook voor deze band uit Udine, Italië is het de eerste show in Nederland ever! Dit terwijl de band bestaat sinds 1981 met tegenwoordig in hun gelederen Stefano Bonnani (Bone), ook bekend als drummer van Upset Noise (ITA), destijds een graag geziene gast in de Goudvishal. Snoeiharde HC Punk met D-beats en de waanzinnige zang van Richard Russian, ook bekend van de Italiaanse band Warfare. De bandnaam refereert aan de uitspraak van een EU politicus uit de 80’er jaren, die Italië de aars van Europa noemde.
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Devyn
March 8th 2024
It was my first time at the Union, absolutely blown away! Second time seeing Napalm and it was just as good as the first time round. Always a good show when they’re in town, dying to see them again!
Support was 10/10, atmosphere was spectacular and just an overall phenomenal gig 🤘🔥
Glasgow, United Kingdom@Queen Margaret Union
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Napalm Death Biography
What makes NAPALM DEATH so special? Well, let’s think back 30 years: Would you have thought that a grindcore band from Birmingham would ever make it into the official album charts with some of the most infernal noise ever put on tape, enter the Guinness book for the shortest song ever recorded or appear in a prominent UK TV series named “Skins”? That it would be part of an Alice Cooper hosted episode of BBC’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks to guess from a couple of look-alikes who is the singer in NAPALM DEATH? Could you have ever imagined a down-to-earth lad named Mark “Barney” Greenway, a soccer fan (Aston Villa F.C.), vegetarian, prog metal freak and one of music history’s most renowned representatives of “cookie monster” style vocals would become a personality within the extreme music realm that is not about beer-drinking and hell-raising but synonymous with sounding hard while being smart? Well, that is where we are at now. From filthy, sweaty rehearsal rooms and tiny clubs and pubs NAPALM DEATH has conquered every music festival you can think of and toured through corners of the world a lot of bands would not even dare to tour while becoming famous for combining brutal music with political engagement and ethical values beyond the usual cliché of sex, drugs & rock n roll. And, as most fans will be delighted to hear, this remarkable story is far from being over…
Fourteen albums in (not counting the cover-platter “Leaders…Part 2”) three decades and NAPALM DEATH remain the leaders of the grindcore / death metal world, once again showing the upstarts how it's done. Not content to simply wear the term “legendary,” the band has once again raised the bar on what it takes to remain at the top of the heap with its highly anticipated new album “Utilitarian”. While their past roster reads like a who's who of extreme metal royalty, including Lee Dorrian (Cathedral), Bill Steer (Carcass), Justin Broadrick (Godflesh) and the late Jesse Pintado (Terrorizer) to name a few, it's the current line-up of Mark "Barney" Greenway (vocals), Mitch Harris (guitars), Shane Embury (bass), and Danny Herrera (drums) that has kept the legend alive and seething. “Utilitarian” is the follow-up to the band’s much lauded 2009 album, “Time Waits For No Slave”, and sees the quartet return in expected raw and uncompromising fashion.
In the wake of a gruelling international tour schedule for “Time Waits For No Slave”, NAPALM DEATH finally got down to writing for “Utilitarian” in early 2011. It was recorded over the course of the year at Parlour Studios in Northamptonshire, UK with producer Russ Russell monitoring the mayhem, finally mixed and mastered in November. The end result is vicious and chaotic, but Greenway notes that “the ever-present darker, more ambient side of Napalm (references: Swans, My Bloody Valentine, Birthday Party et al) has now gotten faster, too – or at least the tempo of it varies so it’s not just exclusively slow and mournful. This gives it an extra, obtuse dimension. And hopefully people get lost in the frantic thickness of it.”
“Utilitarian” runs the gamut from straight-ahead violence and force to pure, undiluted NAPALM DEATH-induced chaos that overall provides a well-rounded bloodletting that's not for the weak and also confronts the listener with such surprising moments as the sax passages by none other than John Zorn on ‘Everyday Pox’ or choral-like clean sections in ‘Fall On Their Swords’ or ‘Blank Look About Face’. The latter is a perfect bridge to the album’s outspoken lyrical content as it viciously attacks politicians’ opportunistic talk that according to Greenway only knows one goal: “Say anything to tame a crowd - whether it is sycophantic praise, bullshit morality or rabble-rousing power-speak - as long as they can cling on to their place in the hierarchy.”
True to the band’s tradition of spitting gallons of verbal venom, “Utilitarian” is an in-your-face razor-edged platter of social, cultural and political commentary. Far from being a placard-waving “cause” band, the quartet offer up personal views on the degeneration of society ('Everyday Pox'), the arms trade ('Fall On Their Swords'), sexual and gender expression (‘Gag Reflex’), the environment ('Order Of Magnitude') and aspects of everyday life for the common man ('Collision Course', 'Think Tank Trials') revealing Barney’s understanding of what to do with your life: “We have a finite period of existence that is all too easy to waste, and ultimately we all deserve happiness and contentment.” The bottom line is: Think for yourself, liberate yourself and don’t end up feeding the machine that all too willingly eats you up.
Ultimately, NAPALM DEATH are special because they never sacrificed their ideals for anything mundane, will continue pleasing their fans with a stunning record named “Utilitarian” and ceaseless touring activities in support of its release while provoking world leaders with all the rage and criticism you can squeeze into a song. Extreme music’s raised fist is back!
Read MoreFourteen albums in (not counting the cover-platter “Leaders…Part 2”) three decades and NAPALM DEATH remain the leaders of the grindcore / death metal world, once again showing the upstarts how it's done. Not content to simply wear the term “legendary,” the band has once again raised the bar on what it takes to remain at the top of the heap with its highly anticipated new album “Utilitarian”. While their past roster reads like a who's who of extreme metal royalty, including Lee Dorrian (Cathedral), Bill Steer (Carcass), Justin Broadrick (Godflesh) and the late Jesse Pintado (Terrorizer) to name a few, it's the current line-up of Mark "Barney" Greenway (vocals), Mitch Harris (guitars), Shane Embury (bass), and Danny Herrera (drums) that has kept the legend alive and seething. “Utilitarian” is the follow-up to the band’s much lauded 2009 album, “Time Waits For No Slave”, and sees the quartet return in expected raw and uncompromising fashion.
In the wake of a gruelling international tour schedule for “Time Waits For No Slave”, NAPALM DEATH finally got down to writing for “Utilitarian” in early 2011. It was recorded over the course of the year at Parlour Studios in Northamptonshire, UK with producer Russ Russell monitoring the mayhem, finally mixed and mastered in November. The end result is vicious and chaotic, but Greenway notes that “the ever-present darker, more ambient side of Napalm (references: Swans, My Bloody Valentine, Birthday Party et al) has now gotten faster, too – or at least the tempo of it varies so it’s not just exclusively slow and mournful. This gives it an extra, obtuse dimension. And hopefully people get lost in the frantic thickness of it.”
“Utilitarian” runs the gamut from straight-ahead violence and force to pure, undiluted NAPALM DEATH-induced chaos that overall provides a well-rounded bloodletting that's not for the weak and also confronts the listener with such surprising moments as the sax passages by none other than John Zorn on ‘Everyday Pox’ or choral-like clean sections in ‘Fall On Their Swords’ or ‘Blank Look About Face’. The latter is a perfect bridge to the album’s outspoken lyrical content as it viciously attacks politicians’ opportunistic talk that according to Greenway only knows one goal: “Say anything to tame a crowd - whether it is sycophantic praise, bullshit morality or rabble-rousing power-speak - as long as they can cling on to their place in the hierarchy.”
True to the band’s tradition of spitting gallons of verbal venom, “Utilitarian” is an in-your-face razor-edged platter of social, cultural and political commentary. Far from being a placard-waving “cause” band, the quartet offer up personal views on the degeneration of society ('Everyday Pox'), the arms trade ('Fall On Their Swords'), sexual and gender expression (‘Gag Reflex’), the environment ('Order Of Magnitude') and aspects of everyday life for the common man ('Collision Course', 'Think Tank Trials') revealing Barney’s understanding of what to do with your life: “We have a finite period of existence that is all too easy to waste, and ultimately we all deserve happiness and contentment.” The bottom line is: Think for yourself, liberate yourself and don’t end up feeding the machine that all too willingly eats you up.
Ultimately, NAPALM DEATH are special because they never sacrificed their ideals for anything mundane, will continue pleasing their fans with a stunning record named “Utilitarian” and ceaseless touring activities in support of its release while provoking world leaders with all the rage and criticism you can squeeze into a song. Extreme music’s raised fist is back!
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