PENSE (Melodic Hardcore, Belo Horizonte/Brazil)
Formed in 2007 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, PENSE released their first studio album “Espelho da alma” in 2011. The album was well received within the scene as it already showed a mature sound quality and well thought-out lyrical content. In 2014, PENSE released their second album “Além Daquilo Que Te Cega” which made it on several “album of the year”-lists. In order to support the album, the band made an extensive tour through Brazil, putting 50 shows in 10 months under their belt. The last show of that tour even made it on a live DVD called “Viva Como Se Houvesse Um Final”. Recorded in São Paulo in May 2015 at the Inferno Club, tickets were sold out in just 3 weeks! In 2016 PENSE released a video clip for the song “Revitalizar” which achieved more than 150000 views within the first 24 hours, showing the deep bond between the band and it’s audience. PENSE also headed for another extensive tour through Brazil that year, including some of the biggest festivals in the country. In 2018, the band's third studio album “Realidade, Vida e Fé” saw the light of day and reinforced the band's ideas of addressing internal issues and believing that change must first be internal before it can become external. Adding speed, melody and lyrics that have relevance, you’re guaranteed to have a hard time standing still on a PENSE show.
This show marks PENSE’ first European show! If you’re in the area, you’d be a fool not to head on over!
https://pense.bandcamp.com/
STRAIGHTLINE (Skatepunk/Thrash, München)
STRAIGHTLINE from Munich was founded in the late 90s under the name Softcore but renamed themselves after the first demos and before putting out their first album “No Way Out” in 2005. The band went through several line-up changes before settling on the current one in 2013. After two EPs ("Change of Seasons"/2010 and "Sourcrowd"/2012), STRAIGHTLINE released their second album callled “Final Redemption” in 2013 and went on a tour through Eastern Europe as well as Ukraine & Russia. After the band's brilliant third EP named "Alteration Of The Rules" in 2014, STRAIGHTLINE hit the road again for an extensive European tour. In 2015 the band headed to Japan for the first time and eventually played several major European festivals such as Punk Rock Holiday and Mighty Sounds followed by a Latin America tour supporting the mighty Satanic Surfers! 2017 was the year of STRAIGHTLINE's latest full-length face-melter "Vanishing Values", followed by more festival appearances and another tour through Japan. Not showing any signs of slowing down, the band toured Australia and Canada in 2018 including support slots for Ten Foot Pole & Bigwig! STRAIGHTLINE are currently working on new material and will be back with a new record and an upcoming tour with Much The Same in 2019!
https://straightline.bandcamp.com/
CRONOS DEBE MORIR (Skatepunk, Chile)
Cronos Debe Morir were founded in 2017 and released their first EP "Desperatar" in 2018.
"It’s packed with six songs charged with speed and lyrics that point the finger to the greediest and lust of power, also to our flaws (full of greed and indifference), trying to show the stagnate society that we had built. Is in that regard that we try to ignite an auto critic way of thinking to analyze our mistakes and fix them, enhancing Love, Empathy and companionship, resources that, for the grief of mankind, are in the way to extinction."
The band played a string of local gigs including support slots for Mute, No Trigger, Strung Out and Face to Face. "Cronos" couldn't be bothered to waste any more time and started booking their their first European Tour through England, France, Germany, Italy and Slovenia playing Punk Rock Holiday this year. They also just released their second EP called "Síndrome Escafandra" and it's beyond amazing!
"After years fighting from the last place at the south of the world, Chile, in a dying scene CRONOS DEBE MORIR is founded in an attempt to bring a change in music and in the way we face the
our life and the world. With a voice that travels between powerful melodies and dancing on the most melodic corners of punk rock. Faster, more technical, mixing the old with the new of this movement with fast and powerful harmonies. Considered part of the “Skatepunk” genre that references the new tendency of bands post 2000 era. We are always trying to make a difference on the stage and with our music."
https://cronosdebemorir.bandcamp.com/
