Next Show : Asbest Boys (NL), Strafplanet (Vienna - Graz) @ Rhiz

29.07.2024 Hardcore For The Losers show :

ASBEST BOYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I8-S7lyoKA
Asbest Boys is sheer mayhem from Haarlem, punk stronghold of The Netherlands. Renowned for their wild and infamous live shows, this four-piece hardcore/punk juggernaut is synonymous with a relentless tsunami of sonic onslaught and anyone who has ever seen them can wholeheartedly agree on that. Their latest 7" split stands as an irrefutable testament to their aggressive sound. With each blistering riff and guttural lyric they shatter every hope for mankind.

STRAFPLANET
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INcJUVCFYH0
Vienna-Graz combo. "Non-stop intensity and the riffs to back it up. Comparisons to Punch and No Statik will put you in the ballpark, but Strafplanet have got their own thing going on. " "If 625 were still around, Max would have been all over this"

INTUITION unfortunately had to cancel this time.

Next Show : Sport (FR), Backwards Charm (Vienna - Salzburg), Ghost Ambulance (Burgenland - Vienna) @ Rhiz

23.07.2024 MNIJ & HC4L bring you

SPORT (FRA)
emo punk legends, back on top
https://sport.bandcamp.com/

BACKWARDS CHARM (AT)
emo/dreampop gang from Salzburg&Vienna
https://backwardscharmswc.bandcamp.com/

GHOST AMBULANCE (AT)
1st show, new emo straight outta Burgenland

Poster by Volodea Biri

Next Show : Brain Tourniquet (US), Deliriant Nerve (US), Sicaria (Vienna) @ Chelsea

19.07.2024 Hardcore For The Losers show :

BRAIN TOURNIQUET (Washington D.C. , US)
Premiere in Europe and Vienna. BT, almighty powerviolence trio, with members of USHC bands that visited Venster99 couple of times, like : RED DEATH, PROTESTER, LINE OF SIGHT to name a few.
For fans of MAN IS THE BASTARD or CROSSED OUT. They are coming with a new LP released on Iron Lung Records.

DELIRIANT NERVE (Washington D.C. , US)
'' Born from the ashes of the equally furious Needle comes a new unstoppable force in Deliriant Nerve! The D.C. trio bring the same amount of intensity of their previous band but with an added death metal precision, creating one of the hardest-hitting albums I've heard in a while. In the same vein as P.L.F. and Human Obliteration.''

SICARIA (Vienna)
Sicaria will be the opener, Powerviolence. First show.

Next Show : Dead Last (US) , Echo Chamber (DE), Pressure Drop (Vienna) @ Rhiz

16.07.2024 Hardcore For The Losers delivers HARDCORE :

DEAD LAST (NEW YORK HARDCORE)
The new band from John Scanlon (The Fight, Triple-B Records) coming to Europe for the first time. Hell yes. 80´s NYHC and early '00s Boston hardcore style. Their debut 7" Where Do We Go From Here? is released on Streets Of Hate (New York based label and fanzine) and recorded with Tone from Sheer Terror/Kill Your Idols/Sick of Talk, so you know what's up.
FFO : Breakdown, Straight Ahead, Underdog, Supertouch, Mental, Stop and Think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9mDnVTXJA4

ECHO CHAMBER (COLOGNE HARDCORE)
One of the most active German hardcore bands, coming with their fresh 7" on DBNO Records and Scheme Records.
Premiere in Vienna. USHC meets EUHC.
FFO : Sheer Terror, early SOIA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FtkfmCxnw

PRESSURE DROP (VIENNA HARDCORE - ACHTUNG - FIRST SHOW)
In a similar style as the other 2 bands and another premiere. Members of : Pistole Peng, Denim, Cannibal System, Fortress, Malaise, Eyes Of Tomorrow and Elektrowatschn.

all ages show

Next Show : BIB (US) , Monokay (Vienna), Forlorn (Vienna) @ Chelsea

11.07.2024 Hardcore For The Losers show:

BIB (Omaha, Nebraska)

Like the inhabitants of most mid-sized midwestern cities, the people of Omaha are often characterised as being hardworking, fresh and wholesome. Good folk. But there’s nothing wholesome about Bib, a hardcore band who many Omaha locals feel should remain in the basement of that sketchy punk house down the street.

This is noisey, blown out hardcore that some have compared to Hoax and Pissed Jeans. It ain't pretty and it ain't nice.

After the sold-out show at Venster99 last year, they are coming with fresh new LP Biblical released by Quality Control.

MONOKAY (Vienna)

Mosh the Drug, dive the Church hardcore from Vienna. A new force from Vienna. Windmill guaranteed.

FORLORN (Vienna)

Metal and hardcore as an experiment of a dangerous laboratory that wants to destroy the last forces of goodness on earth. Badass people from Vienna.

All ages show

No Presale but Stagedives

Next Show : Conservative Military Image (US), Time X Heist (US), Alive Inside (Vienna) @ Flucc

02.07.2024 Hardcore For The Losers show :

CONSERVATIVE MILITARY IMAGE (USHC from Chicago/Boston on Battle Scarred Records Lionheart Records)

TIME X HEIST (Straight Edge Hardcore from Denver, Colorado on Crimewave Records)

ALIVE INSIDE (Hardcore from VIenna on Youth Authority Records)

Next Show : Judy And The Jerks (US), Shitty Life (IT), Spiritual Law (Linz) @ Rhiz

Hardcore For The Losers with some spicy summer HC vibes.
Save the date, June19, 2024 @ Rhiz

JUDY AND THE JERKS (Mississipi, US - Thrilling Living Records, Refuse Records)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izPCr6h8viQ

Furious bratty hardcore for true punks.
Fun, energetic punk fucking rock that brings to mind BLATZ and MR. CLIT AND THE PINK CIGARETTES @maxrnr
They write catchy songs that have the skinny sonics of both new wave and 80s hardcore
This band has been given the tagline of “food fight music,” but they have always been more than that one-line description of chaos. Judy and the Jerks are a reminder that punk does not need to be tough or built on upping someone else @post_trash_

SHITTY LIFE (Parma, Italy - 11 PM Records)
https://shittylife.bandcamp.com

"Full of energy, histrionic high-pitched guitars, and consonant screaming vocals very much singing along with the band’s overall rhythm. Reverb and tone changes are on-point, with a good non-stop drumming. Tune your chitarrino for this one." @maxrnr

SPRITUAL LAW (Linz - STTW Records)
https://spirituallaw.bandcamp.com

Midtempo mosh, d-beat and definitely hardcore for the punxxx. Delivering rage from Germany/Austria.

Next Show : Obstruktion (SWE), Tired. (Graz) @ Loop

05.06.2024 Hardcore For The Losers show : 

OBSTRUKTION (Gothenburg, SWEDEN)
Gothenburg, the capital of Swedish hardcore, brings results again. Old friends, who visited us in Vienna with bands such as Anchor, Waste, Gust, Disavow and The Hammer. This time they bring along metallic hardcore reminiscent of bands like Harms Way, Earth Crisis and Obituary. Their 12` LP was released by Berlin's Isolation Records.
It's their first time in Vienna, so it's time to mosh.

Bandcamp: https://obstruktion.bandcamp.com/album/monarchs-of-decay

TIRED. (Graz, AUSTRIA)
Worn down by the pressures of modern society and navigating the complexities of human values, TIRED. was forged in 2023. Comprising musicians with roots ranging from black metal to stoner rock, our debut album, "The Cost Of Holding On," is out now via Grazil Records.

Bandcamp: https://tiredhc.bandcamp.com/

Next Show : Sukob (CRO), Koridor (CRO), Rolltreppe (Vienna) @ Einbaumöbel

15.05.2024 Hardcore For The Losers show : SUKOB (Hardcore > Punk > Zagreb)

https://doomtownrecords.bandcamp.com/

Musically we could place them somewhere along the spectrum of early sharp & punishing Pig Champion's rapid fire riffage and fist-pumping Scandinavian hardcore with hints of Celtic Frost-ish midtempo drives.

KORIDOR (Post Punk > Zagreb)

https://koridorzg.bandcamp.com

Hypnotic and repetitive feedback driven post-punk influenced by the 80s ex-Yu punk scene.

ROLLTREPPE ~ RELEASE SHOW ~ (Post Punk > Vienna)

https://rolltreppe.bandcamp.com/

Decidedly a punk band, with a raw, shambolic energy in step with any number of German-language, femme-centered DIY classics from a time well before now—GLUEAMS, HANS-A-PLAST, A-GEN 53 etc.

Next Show : Raein (IT), Loser Year (Linz), Love Embassy (Vienna) @ Rhiz

27.04.24 Hardcore For The Losers show :

After 9 years and a sold-out concert in Venster99, the legendary super screamo power RAEIN are back in Vienna. Definitely one of the classics of Italian hardcore/punk . For the all fans of the archetypal screamo sound popularized by Gravity Records in the late '90s and I can't get over it that the Orchid, Saetia and pg99 era is over.

Support by Linz Vienna connection : LOSER YEAR and LOVE EMBASSY

RAEIN (Forli, ITA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56C9PTk8Rxg&t

LOSER YEAR (Linz)

LOVE EMBASSY (Vienna)
https://loveembassy.bandcamp.com/

ONLY AK 20.

up the eviolence punx

NEW LOCATION : Next Show : Viva Belgrado (ES), Yarostan (FR), ARGON (Vienna) @ DAS Lot

10.04.2024 ACHTUNG ACHTUNG. New Location @ DAS Lot
https://www.facebook.com/lot.wien

Hardcore For The Losers show :

We bring skramz at Das Lot big way. I'm happy to have released 2 bands from this lineup and luckily it coincided that Yarostan and Viva Belgrado need the same date for Vienna.

♧ VIVA BELGRADO (Córdoba, Andalusia) "Viva Belgrado are a four-piece screamo/post-hardcore/post-rock band from Córdoba, Spain that began in 2012. Sonically, they play heavily into their post-rock influences, with melodic, delayed guitars slathered in reverb and tons of tremolo picking. In quieter moments, they also incorporate some spoken word. When the songs build up, they hit their screamo peaks, with throat-searing vocals and powerful instrumentals. They slightly eschew their screamo roots for a cleaner sound, with a mix of singing and sing-speaking taken the forefront. There's some clear La Dispute influence here, especially with the vocal flows and post-hardcore instrumental leanings. This band crafts some absolutely beautiful songs, and are a prime example of how emotion can transcend language." by : sophiesfloorboard

◇ YAROSTAN (Marseille, France) "The name Yarostan comes from the epistolary novel Letters of Insurgents, published in 1976 as a collective work of Fredy and Lorraine Perlman. In this beautiful and revolutionary inspiring collection, Yarostan Vochek and Sophia Nachalo are one-time lovers in an unnamed Eastern Bloc country who later find themselves on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. Sharing anarchist ideals and lives in revolt, they start corresponding in pursuit of an insurgent path to liberation. [The band] Yarostan’s lyrics in French conceptualize on Perlman’s and other XX century to modern day anti-authoritarian philosophical leanings, creating a passionate, diverse and dynamic post-hardcore record with a deeply meaningful message. The five perplexing and long-winded pieces build, release and explode with a dazzling amalgamation of calming melody and chaos, as it works well for the genre.Today, screamo and post-hardcore acts with a heavy or underlying emphasis on post-rock elements are favored by many music publications going in lengths about each individual track on their records and how they relate to snobby genre standards. In the case of an obscure and outspokenly political band like Yarostan, it is rather unlikely to be featured in any bigger media, but this particular style of music is the perfect emotional response applicable to their passionate poetry and influences. " by : diyconspiracy

♡ ARGON (Vienna, Luxembourg) Under the band name ‘Argon’, Dave, Jeremi and Sam have been working on an individualised hardcore, screamo style, mingled with elements of post-rock, ambient and experimental sounds inspired by the beauty of nature and folklore

HC4L054 XDistanteX - Cada Acción Cuenta EP 7" (2024)

SUPPORT VENSTER99 AND SUPPORT HARDCORE FOR THE LOSERS.

https://hardcoreforthelosers.bandcamp.com/album/hc4l054-cada-acci-n-cuenta-ep-7-2024

The new Hardcore For The Losers release : XdistanteX - Cada Acción Cuenta , is out. All money from the purchase of this release will go directly to the account of one of the most important independent autonomous music venues in Europe - Venster99.

Paypal is here :

hardcoreforthelosers@gmail.com

(pay as much as you want and the Records will be sent every Monday.)

A few words about the release .

"The music underground is global. DISTANTE shows that it also lives in Argentina. "Cada Acci​ó​n Cuenta" (English : "Every action counts") is the second EP of the band from Buenos Aires. The six songs contained in it are sung in Spanish. Or better: shouted at. Because the singer sends positive messages to the world with unmistakable fury.

The lyrics talk, among other things: about raising a voice for those who don't have one ("Es Por Ellos"), or celebrating subculture as a space for creative development ("Tiempo de Unidad"). One of the most important messages remains in the spirit of the Youth Crew idea: the key to change can always be found within oneself (“La Llave”). Hardcore, here punctuated by punk-style melodic additions, again has a constructive note. The fact that half a dozen songs consistently hit the mark in under two minutes keeps the energy level consistently high - and makes "Cada Acci​ón​n Cuenta" a feast for DIY and Posicore students alike. " @handlemedown.de

500 records, different colours with lyric sheet.

NEW LOCATION : Next Show : Sweat (US), Lurch (Vienna) @ Club1019

27.03.2024 March Madness with Hardcore For The Losers show :

SWEAT (Hardcore and Punk Psychedelic from Los Angeles, USA on Vitriol Records and Pirates Press.)
Graf Orlock, Dangers Members with " territorial influences that range from the Wipers to Cro-Mags, Masshysteri to Rival Mob, & Motörhead to Thin Lizzy, with a sprinkling of disco cadence."
https://sweatrockers.bandcamp.com/

With first time on Hardcore For The Losers shows :
LURCH from Vienna, all female heavy Psychedelic attack.
https://lurchband.bandcamp.com/

All ages show.

NEW LOCATION : Next Show : Mutually Assured Destruction (US), Avalanche (Vienna) @ Rhiz

So, it is happening, a new era on the hardcore scene in Vienna. Venster99 closed the door, the so called "Red Vienna" has once again shown itself to be anything but red and that it only understands the language of capitalism.

Fortunately, we did not cancel the concert due to the wholehearted help of the Rhiz.

The entrance fee will be 15 euros, and if you are willing, add any extra it will be paid directly to Venster99, so that we can push through these difficult days and let them see that we are there, existing . And we are massive, and freaking angry. Everyone on Monday 12.02.24 @ Rhiz.

Hardcore For The Losers presents USHC on Triple - B Records ♤ MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION ♤

"The self-proclaimed "crossover doom" band — fronted by Ace Stallings, the ex-frontman of the straight-edge unit Break Away — are using hardcore's thrashier side as a foundation and building upon it with groove-metal riffage, Sabbathian chord progressions and Stallings' Southern-fried croon, which recalls singers like Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan, Life of Agony's Mina Caputo and Crowbar's Kirk Windstein."

+ Viennese finest heavyweight champions.

♤ AVALANCHE ♤

all ages show