Soon after their brief introduction on IDIOTEQ in late December 2019, new German posi old school hardcore punk band HARD STRIKE are back with the full stream of their debut EP, and we’re thrilled to co-present it along with German mag Away From Life! HARD STRIKE’s 4-tracker is an obvious tribute to the hardcore sound of the late 80’s and early 90’s, with lyrics, which are very direct and therefore leave no room for interpretation, criticize the social brutalization and the resulting impotence, which increases in anger with a small pinch of hope in the finish. The 4 songs were recorded in Cologne with Christoph Scheidel in the 79Sound Studion and with Mike Schleibaum in The Riff Dojo in Washington DC. The EP is available via Backbite Records. At the beginning of 2019...
