nasty - shokka

the half belgian half german steam roller strikes again. this time they release their shokka (is that shocker or what?) onto the world. and boy, they are pissed. nothing changed here you might say? right you are! if you loved nasty beforehand, after listening to their fifth record you'll love them even more.

next to the nasty trademark sound, that probably got a bit faster which is good in my humble opinion, again the lyrics are remarkable. simple truths told with direct words. they name and shame shady acting towards the other sex from both sides, money fueling the decadence of few and breeding the poverty of so many and how politics fuck you over with false promises. best in my book is the song 'politessenhass' (meter maid hate). lovely.

you can check the whole album here. 'shokka' went on pre-order in early january and i was lucky to get a copy of the most limited colour purple marble out of 100. the whole first press sold out pretty fast and all at pre-order stage. so quickly bdhw came up with a second press on green marble vinyl. get your copy here. goodfight also did an u.s. pressing. beatdown hardwear. 2015. 

bdhw records: nasty

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.