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Hardcore straight outta South Africa. If pissed off and hard-hitting tunes and menacing vocals are your thing, don’t sleep on them! The band has already put out couple of eps that you can legally download as they share them for free. If you haven’t done it yet, do it now cause they 100% legit.



Thanks for the kind words. We're all really stoked with how it came out. We touched on a couple elements that we are wanting to expand on for the next release. My only regret is that we didn't release it as a 7".Conqueror is a vehicle, an outlet to vent our ups, downs, good times and bad. It started out as a side project originally, with all the members in other bands at the time. Some guys came and went and we only really got stuck into it around November last year. I find South Africa very rigid in terms of whats expected from Punk/Hardcore bands, so our vibe was to ignore the current state of things and just go it alone so to speak.Most people find it suprising, but we're all avid Hip Hop fans. So ideas come from all over the place. If i had to try and make a comparison, id say perhaps an Infest / Cro-Mags crossover.We have 3 dudes in the band that write lyrics, so there isn't a single idea or direction on "Reality Check". Tracks like "Face Eraser"and "Cursed"are very Thrash orientated, where as "Cold World"and "Wasting Time" are a little more serious and more in tune with life in South Africa. The scene over here is very Christian/ Posi in most regards, so we're offering people an alternative.We will work on a song structure, record a video of us playing it in the band room and then take it home so we can all write our own set of lyrics for the track. From there we settle on a preferred direction and work it into a final track.We all work day jobs, so we tracked it over the course of 2 months. Its pretty polished up and we tracked our instraments individually. For the next release we're looking to record live and track it all at once. Hopefully capture the essence of a live show.The scene is very disjointed over here. Things change a lot from town to town. Durban hardcore is really strong at the moment and the scene in Cape Town is picking up nicely. SA Hardcore is very strong online, but when it comes to shows a lot of kids flake out. I find things over here are very competitive, bands don't support other bands, dudes talk smack about each other. I suppose that happens in every scene. People are slowly starting to see the bigger picture and that hardcore is more about community than personal gain.Its definitely a lot harder playing in an underground band over here than it is abroad. Venues are limited and promoters are more interested in the mainstream music genres. Well attended shows usually consist of 20 bands on one day, drink specials, shooters at the door etc.. Things gravitating more towards the "party"than the music. We try distance ourselves from the general SA underground scene and do things as DIY as possible. This means that we play a lot less often but the kids that come to the show are there for the right reasons. Would definitely be keen to head out US/Euro side at some point.We've had great feedback from people in the US/Europe/UK and Australia, so its a great feeling to know that people are getting our music one way or another. We need to up our game in terms of mail order and such, but we'll get there.I think crime is a big misconception. Things definitely aren't as dangerous and violent as people make it out to be. If you walk alone at night down a sketchy alley way in town you're looking for trouble, but that would be the same in London/New York. Its a similar climate and way of life to Australia.Crime is a factor, but you just have to keep your wits about yourself. As i said earlier, its not as bad as people make it out to be.Ross works as a tattoo artist, Chris is a graphic designer, Patric is a writer and I (Richard) work as a final mix engineer for TV commercials. Punk as fuck.We're working on our next release currently. Hopefully to be put out late September when we'll be doing a national tour with Betrayal (US) and Truth and Its Burden. Otherwise we're looking to play some shows out of SA and do some traveling.Big thanks to everyone who has given us a push or helped out in one way or another. Hardcore Worldwide, Music Connection, Handstyle Tattoos, Favor the Brave. Lastly, a big thanks to Dloogi and Hardboiled for the interview.