Some claim that American hardcore reached its pinnacle during the Reagan era. And it would not be too bold to claim that British hardcore was at its most exciting during Thatcher’s years in office. So perhaps we do have something to look forward to after all in the wake of the second successive election victory of the Swedish right wing government composed of upper class broilers, born again Christians and neo-liberal leftovers. Perhaps Swedish hardcore will rise up to the challenge and contribute as much as it can to the smashing of the cultural stalemate, the fucking status quo and TV imposed apathy. It’s make or break for hardcore as a counter culture. There needs to be a roll call from the underground, the sweaty cellar venues and the DIY factories: we’re not gonna take it.
Listening through the tracks on “Swedish hardcore”, I have a lot of hope. “We’re going to take over the whole fucking city”, as Hårda Tider opens it up by proclaiming. The time is just ripe for that kind of attitude.
1: Hårda Tider - Writers
Lyrics
Fuck the buff.
Det här är till folket med smutsiga sinnen.
Som kickat den hundratals nätter på linjen.
Som smyger i buskar med rackade jackor och scoopar i timmar för korta attacker.
Writers som visar var skåpet ska stå motherfucker.
Kärleken står över lagen. Vi tar över hela staden.
Inget bullshit, ingen jävel som snackar.
Inga fingeravtryck på burkar och kassar.
År efter år som du sliter och kör, husrannsakan, stryk och förhör.
Writers som gör vad en writer gör, förstör.
Kärleken står över lagen. Vi tar över hela staden, ta den.
Fuck the buff, keep it real. Burning walls and roling steel.
Vi tar över hela staden. Vi tar över hela jävla staden.
Contact
myspace.com/hardatiderhc
"Writers" taken from "Gatan Kallar" LP/CD, released by Hårda Skivor Records together with Law and Order Records, Jaguar Trust Records and Instigate Records.
2: Fy Fan - Ingen framtid för alltid
Lyrics
Utan förstånd, helt utan vett försmäktar vårt släkte
ser ingen framtid, in i mörkret vi går under
Ingen Framtid
Dränker klotet i bensin, vi leker med lågor och hela bollen brinner
ser ingen framtid, efter elden blir vi till aska
Ingen Framtid
Det finns ingen framtid, efter elden vilar vi i aska för alltid
Contact
myspace.com/fyfanpunk
"Ingen framtid för alltid" taken from unreleased 7" by No Way Records
3: Regulations - Baghdad beach party
Lyrics
Hey stand up get ready to fight
We don't need to think 'cos we know what's right
The army is the recipe to set you free
Don't want this place to be like Pakistan
We rather have another Disneyland
We really mess with their head
Now it's time to set the record straight
No more Baghdad beach party
The locals got no chance against us
Tell 'em the way 'cos we know it
The country got no chance without us
Tell 'em the way 'cos we know it
We're not the ones who's crocked
We'll be writing your history books
There's no time for celebration
'Cos we're not done with the pacification
No more Baghdad beach party
Contact
myspace.com/regulationshc
regulations@spray.se
"Baghdad beach party" taken from "To be me" LP, released by Ny Våg Records
4: Commitment Crew - Good bye
Lyrics
Impatient, I want to leave
What you never had you could never grief
I got no traction
Gimme some action
Want no immortality
Life is just too slow for me
I feel it creep
I don't want to sleep
Don't need the rest
In this place I'm just a guest
Arrive from nothing, leave to nowhere
No trace that I was even here
I keep trying
You keep lying
Exhaling putrid smells
Have I died and gone to hell?
The social norm
To which we conform
We must obey
I long for the day when I can say
Goodbye and so long...
How long will it take for me to be free?
How many months? How many years?
How long will it take for me to be free?
Well, I got plenty of time
I got plenty of time
Contact
myspace.com/commitmentcrew
"Good bye" taken from unreleased 7". Another 7" with songs from the same recording session will be released by Law and Order Records
5: Stay Hungry - Loose ends
Lyrics
Hard times define who'll stay true
When the tide fucking turns, I'll stand by you
Half a life spent stuck on loose ends
When the hard rains begin, you can count on me until the end
Outcasts and rejects, diehard remain
Versus the world, we're all the same
Half a life spent stuck on loose ends
When the hard rains begin, you can count on me until the end
Contact
myspace.com/stayxhungry
"Loose ends" taken from "Against the wall" LP, to be released by SH Records together with Green Menace Records and Get This Right Records.
6: Undergång - Gluttony
Lyrics
A place where people go to eat
Once inside you can't retreat
Melted cheese you start to drool
You all agree, this place rule
You got mozzarella in your veins
and baked potatoes in your brains
A baked pizza with a burger inside
Eating to death your suicide!
Eating food til you erode
Your mouth is full you'll soon explode
You'll explode, You'll explode!
Contact
myspace.com/undergang
"Gluttony" taken from "Order of the armageddon LP" to be released early 2011
7: Nitad - Kul att ni håller på
Lyrics
Fyfan för ert skitband
Samma sak med eran klubb
Vi kommer aldrig mera tillbaka
Så behåll eran skit för er själv
Hoppas att ni dör
Ni är riktiga jävla clowner
Bestående av lakejer
Ni kommer aldrig att förstå
Men det är "kul att ni håller på"
Contact
myspace.com/nitadstockholm
"Kul att ni håller på" is a exclusive track taken from the "Den gudomliga världen" recording session. "Den gudomliga världen" 7" will be released by De:Nihil Records
8: Balance - The games
Lyrics
Can't accept who we are and come to terms with our self, desperate attempts to become someone else. We sacrifice our self to maintain our role and kill what little that remains of our soul.
Living a lie, a new face every day, just to survive all the games that we play. Tangled in lies with hell to pay.
So scared of being fools that we ignore our hearts. We rather die than expose our flaws and our scars. Wear our masks to cover up all that we lack and avoid the truth in the mirror staring back.
Living a lie, a new face every day, just to survive all the games that we play. Tangled in lies with hell to pay just to survive all the games that we play.
Losing track of your lies. So hard to keep your disguise. Can't even look ourselves in the eyes.
Contact
myspace.com/balancestraightedge
"The games" taken from unreleased LP.
9: Self Abuse - Senseless violence
Lyrics
See it on the news
Hear it from your friends
A constant reminder of a violent society
It bothers me that they're fighting their own
and that people cant see what it is thats wrong
Senseless violence - fighting in the streets.
Contact
myspace.com/sa214
"Senseless violence" taken from demo 7" to be released by Adult Crash records
10: Guilty - Mind prison
Lyrics
Lies left me sick and twisted
I'm still questioning all i see
Hearing voices in the back of my head;
"Paranoia, you're better off dead"
Lies left me sick and twisted
I'm still questioning all i see
End of the line, im beginning to see
Weighing on the edge of sanity
Soul searching
Living in sin
Decline of the conscience,
As the pressue sets in
Dreams of dying
Trapped within
Lies left me sick and twisted
I'm still questioning all i see
Hearing voices in the back of my head;
"Paranoia, you're better off dead"
Lies left me sick and twisted
I'm still questioning all i see
End of the line, im beginning to see
Weighing on the edge of sanity
Soul searching
Living in sin
Forevergoing cycle
The time is drawing near
Mental breakdown
Nothing is clear
Hard to live, harder to try
When everything in front of you is one big lie
See through everything, no trust in anyone
Mind prison
Contact
myspace.com/guiltyhc
"Mind prison" taken from demo 7" to be released by Green Menace Records
11: U.X. Vileheads - Catch 22
Lyrics
To get a job
You need experience
To get experience
You must have had a job first
Doesn't this sound
Like a trick question
Which came first, the hen or the egg
Catch 22
Why
Is it this way
That's a question
I ask my self every day
Is this how it should be
Or am i just getting played
Catch 22
Catch 22, catch 22
What the fuck, am I gonna do
Catch 22, catch 22
Is there anything, that I can do to
Break the cycle
I gotta break free
Catch 22, catch 22
What the fuck, am I gonna do
Catch 22, catch 22
Is there anything, that I can do
There's nothing I can do
There's nothing I can do
There's nothing I can do
There's nothing, nothing
Nothing I can do
Nothing I can do
There's nothing
That I can do
Contact
myspace.com/uxvilheads
uxvileheads@hotmail.com
"Catch 22" taken from "Gatan Kallar" 7", released by Adult Crash Records and Sorry State Records
12: Obnoxious Youth - The morbidly obese
Lyrics
About fatness you moan
You call it "thick bones"
Man, you can't even leave your home!
Can't walk for shit
Can't fucking sit
Got an invisible dick!
Ha Ha Ha Ha! Life of the morbidly obese!
No luck with the girls
When they see you they hurl
In laughter, they twirl
You whistle when you breathe
Efforts make you bleed
A diet is all you need
Ha Ha Ha Ha! Life of the morbidly obese!
Contact
myspace.com/obnoxiousyouth
"The morbidly obese" taken from demo CD
13: Håll Det Äkta - De få och de stolta
Lyrics
Det var en extra familj
Bröder och systrar
Olika världar i samma nystan
För en stund var det det enda som fanns
och för de flesta en ljuv men kort romans
Men vi är kvar, vi är dom samma
Det är alltid vi mot alla andra
Allt var perfekt innan jag kunde se
att ingenting var bättre hos grannen bredvid
Om verkligheten är kall och fördömd
lever jag hellre mitt liv i en lögn
Det är vardag för oss
Men vi ger inte upp, vi fortsätter slåss
Vi står fast vid allting vi sa
Västerbotten står för alltid kvar
Fortfarande hardcore, fortfarande äkta
Sanningen kvarstår, hatade blir knäckta
Contact
myspace.com/halldetakta
"De få och de stolta" taken from "De få och de stolta" 7", released by Random Bastards
14: Big Deal - Alpha male
Lyrics
Growing tired of this sick hierarchy
where some can get away with anyfuckingthing
I have had it with the self-declared elite
and the eye servants that won't amount to shit
Yes, i question your fucking motives
No, i don't belive a thing you say
You selfrighteous piece of shit
turn the flock against the alpha male
Contact
myspace.com/bigdizzlehc
"Alpha male" taken from unreleased 7"
15: Kvoteringen - Vi har fått nog
Lyrics
Jag ser inga människor, jag ser inget liv
Jag tar från allt och alla, och ger till mig själv
Att plundra vraken, är mitt tidsfördriv
Jag ska vinna denna tävling, jag är världens svin
Det är så här jag lever, jag är ett vidrigt as
Jag har en strategi, säljer mördande reklam
Målar hela världen blå, du ska bli som jag
Jag kommer alltid undan, jag finns överallt
Vi har fått nog - av din jävla skit
Om bubblan spricker, jag blåser upp en ny
Staten till räddning, vi är samma skrot och korn
Påvar och kungar, mot er fattighjon
Legosoldater i skövlingens bataljon
Vi har fått nog - av din jävla skit
Jag ser ingen vildmark, jag ser energi
Jag ser inga parker, jag ser glas och betong
Jag ser inga människor, jag ser inget liv
Vi för en JA-kampanj, mot jordens undergång
Det sista jag behöver, är eran sympati
Det enda jag förtjänar är ett nackskott
Jag är för dum för att fatta, att ni har fått nog
Dags att trycka av, och läggas under jord
Vi har fått nog - av din jävla skit
Contact
myspace.com/kvoteringen
"Vi har fått nog" taken from "Nitad/Kvoteringen" split 7", released by Kranium Records
16: Instängd - (Instängds) revansch
Lyrics
Jag håller mig borta
för att behålla kontrollen
Jag vill mycket mer
än att bli en av de levande döda
STRAIGHT EDGE REVANSCH
INSTÄNGD´S REVANSCH
Att dricka mig full
är inget jag behöver
Jag är inte ett offer
för jag - jag tänker klart
STRAIGHT EDGE REVANSCH
INSTÄNGD´S REVANSCH
Du kan inte gå
Du kan inte prata
En dimmig blick
och en stekt hjärna
Contact
myspace.com/instangd
"(Instängds) revansch" taken from unreleased 7" by Sorry State Records
17: Dead Reprise - The famine feat. Human Furnace
Lyrics
Take it over and get control
No time for peace and no remorse
Fighting for something with no regret
One life to live, everything to lose
In the hands of a fearsome mind, we all die tonight
The ignorance of a dying man
A moment of silence before it ends
Creator of death, never to rest
There will be no white flag on your door
Your march to victory will kill us all
Contact
myspace.com/deadreprise
"The famine" taken from "The unveiling" LP/CD, released by Monument Records and Get This Right Records
18: Herätys - Hieman hajallaan
Lyrics
Kakki kasassa hieman hajallaan
opin palaset kokoon kasaamaan
matkustin helvettiin ja sieltä takaisin
palaset matkan varrella hukkuneet
toisaalla pintaan pulpahtaneet
matkustin helvettiin ja sieltä takaisin
muisot elämästä edellisesti unohtuneet
matkan varrella kovasti haalistuneet
matkustin helvettiin ja sieltä takaisin
Contact
myspace.com/heratys
Contact
"Hieman hajallaan" taken from "Helvettiin Ja Takaisin" 7", released by Hate Records
19: Pointless Youth - Send in the kids
Lyrics
We've come here to destruct, we don't care about you
We don't trust in noone, we will have our way through
We've a bunch of kids, we don't try to look cool
You better fucking back off, cause we're the UA Crew!
Send in the kids!
Contact
myspace.com/pointlessyouth
"Send in the kids" taken from "Send in the kids" Demo
20: Anchor - Atlantis
Lyrics
Awoken by thunder and thrown to chaos
From a broken past I weather a storm that still lasts
I try to overcome but still those years won't be undone
Caught under the illusion that this was how it always had to be
Now I am sick and tired of thinking life already conquered me
Desperately. Relentlessly. We need to feel OK.
I was a young kid with a lot of rage, with nowhere to go and nowhere to feel safe
Have you been there or are you still? A restless mind with too much time to kill
Always on the run from life and its harsh reality
But I feel that I won't be running that much longer
I admit my wrongs, welcome change to finally move on
There is no solace in hating the world and there is no redemption in repeating what's old
I will lay these habits to rest and restore peace and confidence
To love and to live, to feel and to be felt, as a human compassionate and kind, living life with open eyes, for a better world for all and future worth fighting for.
To not give in to distractions that only will drown the soul, to not give up when life gets too hard. To find my own. I need to find my own. To find my own. I need to...
There is no solace in hating the world and there is no redemption in repeating what's old.
Contact
myspace.com/xanchorx
"Atlantis" taken from "Relations of violence" 7", released by Refuse Records
21: Victims - Killing
Lyrics
Coming soon!
Contact
myspace.com/victims
"Killing" taken from "Killer" LP/CD, released by Combat Rock Industries
