post hardcore | hardcore | screamo | sludge | crust
Barely 2 years after forming, Teardrinker come crashing in with their debut album “I Hope This Hurts”. In those 2 years the band caught the attention of heavy music lovers locally, nationally and internationally with their eclectic mix of post-hardcore, black metal, screamo and poetry, as well as with their outspoken activist stance. The band was formed in 2024 by Kimothy Hoorweg (VULVA, Vulvaverse), their partner Gijs van Teylingen (Lijkschouwer), and friends Matteo Cerroni (Lijkschouwer, Throatstabber), Rens de Boer (Lijkschouwer) and Noâh Elshout. In their short existence they’ve played with like minded bands such as Witch Club Satan, Terzij de Horde, Broeder Dieleman, Genital Shame and the Holocausts.
Zanjeer (?????, Urdu for "chain") is a Berlin-based international hardcore punk band formed around 2020, channeling the rage of global injustice through fast, uncompromising hardcore, crust, and d-beat sung in Urdu. After the 2022 debut EP Parcham Buland Ast ("The Flag Is Raised," Symphony of Destruction records), the band's 2026 full-length Seher-e-Maqhoor ("Dawn of the Oppressed," Neon Nile Records) sharpens the attack: it confronts the war in Gaza head-on, declares "FREE PALESTINE" without shame from a German base, and tackles the everyday racism and Islamophobia of European life, fusing raw hardcore touchstones like Raw Power and Ratos de Porão with a few rhythmic ideas from South Asian and Middle-Eastern traditions.
