Description
ALARM! are a hardcore punk band from Stockholm, Sweden. After twenty-plus years of playing together in Victims, Andy, Jon and Gareth reunited in early 2023 with the ambition of making some new noise. Jon switched from guitar to bass and the trio wrote a bunch of songs. About a year later they were joined by Jons childhood friend, Henrik. This would be the first time the two had played together since their legendary hardcore band Outlast folded in the late 90s.
Henriks vocals and Jons bass playing are the key ingredients in taking ALARM!s sound away from these Swedes well-known crust punk roots. The bass is both manic and melodic at the same time, pummeling the riffs behind the wall of guitar and drums. Henriks piercing vocals, raw yet steeped in emotion, scream of personal anguish and pissed off, political rage. ALARM! have endeavoured to evoke the classic Swedish sound whilst harking back to an ever-so-slight hint of melodic hardcore pre Y2K.
ALARM! have a 9 song twelve inch record already recorded and soon to be released by Armageddon Label, as well as an upcoming appearance on the second instalment of Malm-based Quarantined Records Greetings From Sweden compilation (distributed it the USA by Armageddon Label). As a follow up to the debut album, a 7inch is already in the pipeline. A slew of shows in Sweden throughout 2023 have seen ALARM! share stages with the likes of Chain Whip, Nukies and Sharp Tongues. Early 2024 marked their first trip abroad, to Spain, with Barcelonas Enchastre. More shows are planned for 2024, both in Sweden and further afield.
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