Moscow Death Brigade

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Moscow Death Brigade
Moscow Death Brigade at With Full Force 2018.
Moscow Death Brigade at With Full Force 2018.
General information
origin Moscow , Russia
Genre (s) Hip-hop , hardcore punk
founding 2007
Current occupation
singing
 Vlad Boltcutter
singing
 Ski Mask G.
DJ, vocals
 Ghetto blaster G-Ruff

Moscow Death Brigade ( MDB for short ; Russian Московская Бригада Смерти (МБС) ) is a hip-hop group from Moscow , Russia . The band counts themselves to the left-wing radical spectrum and emphasizes this both in their lyrics and in their appearance, always masked with a balaclava .

Band history

The band was founded in 2007, initially under the name Hoods Up 495 . In the same year a first self-titled demo tape was released with the subtitle Hip-Hop for the Kids , on which the group still used a nasal chant, reminiscent of B-Real by Cypress Hill . The members come from the hardcore punk scene and played among others in the Thrashcore band George Harrison , in the street punk band Razor Bois and the crossover band Siberian Meat Grinder . What all members have in common is a preference for hip hop from the 1980s / 1990s such as Beastie Boys , Cypress Hill or The Transplants and an anti-fascist attitude. After renaming to the current name and the change to the current style of combining aggressive raps with partly guitar-heavy hardcore beats, a year later a second self-titled demo tape with three songs followed.

A first tour through various European countries as well as the publication of some free tracks on the Internet was followed by a four-year break for the band in 2010. In 2014 the group released their first EP called Hoods Up , a reference to the previous band name, on Fire and Flames Music . The EP caught the attention of Europe's left punk scene and made the band known outside of Russia's borders. After extensive tours through Eastern and Central Europe, including with Feine Sahne Fischfilet , another EP followed with the also Russian and anti-fascist hardcore band What We Feel called Here to Stay and a vinyl release via Audiolith Records with the bands Feine, among others Cream fish fillet, Los Fastidios and What We Feel. The latter was a benefit single whose proceeds went to the families of murdered Russian anti-fascists.

On February 15, 2015 there was a posting on Indymedia that was harmful to the group in the run-up to an appearance in Berlin. The band was portrayed as a gray area band by an anonymous group called Antifascist Subculture Worldwide that would only act for marketing purposes. Your anti-fascist attitudes would only be lip service. Instead, the band would represent sexism , homophobia and chauvinism and advocate pronounced Russian nationalism. In a statement published by the group four days later, the group dismissed the allegations far from itself. Together with the band What We Feel, which was also attacked, they expressed themselves that "in their self-image as anti-fascists they stood against nationalists and racists of all stripes."

In mid-2015, the group's first videos, Ghettoblaster , It's Us and Here To Stay, were uploaded to YouTube within a few days . This was followed by a remix EP of the songs Ghettoblaster and It's Us and afterwards another extensive tour through Europe, which was continued from the end of 2016 to the beginning of 2017.

In May 2017 the band released the single Brother & Sisterhood and announced both a new album and the continuation of their European tour in the fall. In January 2018 Boltcutter released the first full-length album on Fire and Flames Music , on which the band expanded their style with elements from the fields of techno and EDM .

In spring 2020, Out The Basement, the opener of their second studio album Bad Accent Anthems , which was released on April 10, 2020 via Fire and Flames Music , was released.

Appearance and image

The group only appears wearing balaclavas, according to their own statements, to protect themselves from attacks by neo-Nazis . The identities of the two rappers and the DJ are kept secret to this day. The band themselves describe their music as Antifascist Circle Pit Hip-Hop or Hardcore Hip-Hop . In their music videos, the group often shows up spraying trains or houses. Musically it is a mix of hardcore punk in the harder style in the tradition of Spazz , Gorilla Biscuits and Warzone as well as hip-hop in the 90s style like Wu-Tang Clan or Cypress Hill. The Russian and English texts deal with anti-fascism and are socially critical. Topics include "police brutality, violence, the propaganda of the mass media, social prejudice or even conscription ". The band sees itself as a collective around artist friends, including sprayers, concert organizers and political activists.

Discography

Albums

EPs:

  • 2007: Hoods Up 495 (self-distribution)
  • 2008: Moscow Death Brigade (self-distribution)
  • 2014: Hoods Up ( Fire and Flames Music / Tape Or Die)
  • 2015: Here To Stay ({ Fire and Flames Music / Core Tex Records / The Voice of the Street Records; with What We Feel )
  • 2015: Ghettoblaster / It's Us Remix EP 2015 (self-distribution)

Singles and Videos:

  • 2010: Герои
  • 2010: Твои карты биты
  • 2010: Армейская
  • 2011: Till The End (with What We Feel )
  • 2015: One For The Ski Mask
  • 2015: boom box
  • 2015: It's Us
  • 2015: Here To Stay (with What We Feel )
  • 2015: Papers, Please!
  • 2017: Brother & Sisterhood
  • 2018: Boltcutter
  • 2018: What We Do
  • 2019: Throw Ya Canz
  • 2020: Out The Basement

Compilation contributions:

  • 2011: Heroes on DrushbAntifa Fight Local Resist Global (True Rebel Records)
  • 2015: One For The Ski Mask on United Worldwide ( Audiolith / KOB Records / The Voice Of The Street Records)
  • 2015: Here To Stay on Plastic X Bomb # 91 ( Plastic Bomb Records ; with What We Feel )
  • 2015: Viking's Life on Le Son De La Goupille: Refugees Welcome (Rap and Revenge)
  • 2015: Anne Frank's Army on A Story Of Teeth And Flowers (in-house production)

Web links

Commons : Moscow Death Brigade  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moscow Death Brigade. House of Excellence , February 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ United World Wide Benefit split single. Audiolith Records , accessed August 23, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Henning v. Bassi: MOSCOW DEATH BRIGADE: Friendship, Unity, Respect . In: Ox-Fanzine . 119 (April / May 2015) - ( ox-fanzine.de ).
  4. ↑ MOSCOW DEATH BRIGADE - new music video "Brother & Sisterhood". Away from Life, May 11, 2017, accessed August 23, 2017 .
  5. ↑ a b c Interview with Moscow Death Brigade. ( Memento of the original from August 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / plastic-bomb.eu archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Plastic Bomb , April 23, 2014.