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Warsaw, Poland · WarsawWarsaw-based cold oi! post punks Prorva have followed up their 2024 debut “Recha” with a new EP titled “U cieni impieryj” (“In the Shadow of Empires”), released exactly one year later, in June 2025. Formed in 2023 by Belarusian musicians previously involved in Force Events, Teenage Warning, and Tidal Force, the band continues to explore the raw ends of punk and cold wave with a distinctly Eastern European edge—urgent, weathered, and steeped in u…Read Article
Cold oi! punk rockers PRORVA reflect on exile, war, and urban disillusionment in “U cieni impieryj”
Kathmandu · KathmanduThe story of OutControlJoys begins where two of Nepal’s underground punk bands—Anautho Prashna and grindviolence outfit Rog—left off. After a final DIY show in 2017, both bandssolved dis as Kathmandu’s once-active hardcore scene began to quiet down. s/t by OutControlJoys “We all the members from both bands got busy focusing on our individual professional careers,” recalls the musician behind OutControlJoys, who found himself entering what he cal…Read Article
OUTCONTROLJOYS carves out a shoegaze identity from Nepal’s hardcore roots
Denmark · DenmarkPoptones’ second album “Pure”, out September 26th via Happy Metal Records, trades restraint for range. The Copenhagen trio—Mads Bertelsen, Simon Hiemstra, and Anders Poulsen—sound less like they’re chasing a sound and more like they’re chasing instinct. Recorded in fragments across Denmark, India, and Italy, the 12-track album moves from brooding trance to full-blown chaos, blending solo sketches, improvisational games, and dense layering of non…Read Article
