nasty – love
a heavily and critically discussed subject in germany's hardcore
cosmos is the sub-genre beatdown hardcore. i'm not quite sure about
it. there are bands that call themselves 'beatdown' and are just a
bunch of idiots wearing sweatpants, ear-plugs so big to fit a dick
in, empty lyrics and slow music that bores me to death. not to speak
of the so-called fans who's only goal at a show seems to be to be the
toughest and most violent one in the pit. no unity, no respect,
nothing of which is hardcore to me. but then again there are bands
that really surprise me. one of them is nasty. they released their
first album in 2006 called 'declaring war' which was one of the
definers of that sub-genre and pretty much everything i don't like
about it. the follow-up 'aggression' was better, no flat hip hop
attitude anymore. number three was 'give a shit' and here they
grabbed me. great lyrics about media indoctrination, talking shit on
the net, social disparity. of course brought to you in their very
own style but always real.
so as i heard news that they would release their fourth album on
vinyl too, i pre-ordered it from their new label beatdown hardwear
(the other three albums on goodlife recordings). put against 'give a
shit' they made another step forward. added some slight melodies and
again some german lyrics. all fits well into the heavy nasty sound.
my record has a little flaw. it was cut out not perfectly round. it's best
noticeable in picture one in the bottom left corner of the record (i
know that a round record has no corners but you'll get the idea). has
anyone a copy with the same flaw? it was pressed on white vinyl
according to the beatdown hardwear description. 100 in quantity. as
you can see, mine is more of a cream colour with black marble. willem
of 'records with history and future' has a 'white' one too which
looks the same way as mine. we are not sure if these are transitional
copies or if the whole pressing looks this way. maybe someone knows?
if so, leave a comment please.
beatdown hardwear. 2013.
