{"id":1488,"date":"2026-07-01T17:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med-user.net\/~bloodshed666\/?page_id=1488"},"modified":"2026-08-20T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:38:22","slug":"people-as-idiots-idiots-as-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med-user.net\/~bloodshed666\/?page_id=1488","title":{"rendered":"People As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

desolat \u2013 People As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Release date: October 9th<\/sup>, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labels: <\/em>
Reptilian Records (USA, REP 196)<\/em>
Exotic Fever Records (USA, EXF085)<\/em>
Bloodshed666 Records (Austria, bs 29)<\/em>
Grazil Records (Austria, GZ081)<\/em>
Araki Records (France, Araki 270)<\/em>
minoRobscuR (Germany, minoRobscuR_VIP)<\/em>
Geenger Records (Croatia, GNGR190)<\/em>
Rat Run Records (UK, RRR056)<\/em>
Geertruida (Netherlands, TRUI164)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distribution: Dischord Direct, Stickfigure, Sounds Of Subterrania<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format: Vinyl (Ltd. 500, marbled oxblood), digital<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact PR USA: dave@earsplitcompound.com<\/a> (Dave)
Contact band \/ PR Europe \/ Booking: indubiocontra@gmail.com<\/a> (Alfred)
Conrtact Booking USA: hardtone.management@gmail.com<\/a> (Scott)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENGLISH<\/strong> (GERMAN below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THIRD ALBUM BY THE VIENNESE NOISE ROCK \/ HARDCORE BAND AS AN INTERNATIONAL DIY COLLABORATION RELEASE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAN ALBUM ABOUT THE DECLINE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE LOSS OF UTOPIA.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After their second album \u201cGet Sick And Let Me Watch You Die\u201d was released in 2024 by the U.S. noise rock\/punk label \u201cReptilian Records\u201d – thereby introducing the band to a wider audience for the first time – the band is taking their release policy a step further by making the record available through a total of nine labels and three distributors across seven countries. This is a DIY collaborative release of the kind the band members know from their anarcho-punk roots. It wasn\u2019t an easy project, but if you love networking, it was a fun one. Build your own fucking life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nine songs on \u201cPeople As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders\u201d largely follow a thematic concept rooted in our times. In a world where wannabe and actual autocrats, far-right extremists and populists, macho loudmouths, and religious fanatics are elected to lead nations, democracy appears increasingly fragile. When the trajectory of social and political development seems to be heading primarily downward, democracy becomes a precious commodity even for anarchists – one that we must hope will at least be maintained at its current level. The conflict between revolutionaries and reformists within the left-wing scene suddenly seems ridiculous. When one is surrounded by figures like Putin, Orb\u00e1n, Erdo\u011fan, Trump, Bolsonaro, Milei, Meloni, Kaczy\u0144ski, and the like – and when parties such as the FP\u00d6 and AfD (both far-right\/populist) are enjoying enormous success in one\u2019s own and the neighboring country – it becomes disheartening to hold out hope for the future. The media landscape is shifting towards sickening and emotionally radicalizing social media dynamics controlled by ridiculously rich oligarchs who openly express anti-democratic fantasies of omnipotence and would love to play the role of world leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desolat play a mix of noise rock, sludge, and hardcore, and at heart they\u2019re anarcho-punks – you can\u2019t let those things go uncommented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album\u2019s chronology follows an initial assessment (Idiots as Leaders, Pig Race To The Apocalypse), followed by depression (This Sadness Makes Me Rage, No Depression When Dead, Good People Keep Their Mouths Shut While The Assholes Believe The World Belongs To Them) and ultimately culminates in cynicism and resignation (Cyberdyne Employment Application, Humans Are Such Easy Prey). Doesn\u2019t sound very uplifting. Yet anger at the state of the world and one\u2019s own condition is omnipresent in the energy of the music and lyrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stylistically, emocore elements have crept in for the first time, revisiting the band members\u2019 past projects. Life\u2019s a Circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album features guest appearances by JARBOE (SWANS, NEUROSIS), Michael Masen (MOZO MOZO), and RBK von ROLLTREPPE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album was once again recorded and mixed at Cosmix Studio in Vienna by Rainer Sp\u00e4nle, and mastered by Swedish death metal legend Dan Swan\u00f6 \/ UNISOUND (EDGE OF SANITY, KATATONIA, BLOODBATH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For fans of acts as diverse as UNSANE, HELMET, CHERUBS, COUCH SLUT, JESUS LIZARD, ENTOMBED, STILL LIFE, FOUR HUNDRED YEARS, ANOMIE, NEUROSIS, LVMEN, BONGZILLA, NO MEANS NO, LARD, TRAGEDY, and MINOR THREAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albumreleaseparty: 16.10., Venster99, Vienna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.med-user.net\/desolat<\/a>
www.desolatvienna.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DEUTSCH<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DRITTES ALBUM DER WIENER NOISE ROCK \/ HARDCORE BAND ALS INTERNATIONALES DIY KOLLABORATIONSRELEASE!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201eEIN ALBUM \u00dcBER DEN NIEDERGANG VON DEMOKRATIE UND DEN VERLUST VON UTOPIE.\u201c<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nachdem das 2. Album \u201eGet Sick And Let Me Watch You Die\u201d 2024 vom us-amerikanischen Noise Rock\/Punk Label \u201eReptilian Records\u201c ver\u00f6ffentlicht und die Band somit erstmal einem breiteren Publikum vorgestellt wurde, wird die Releasepolicy ein St\u00fcck weitergetrieben und die Platte von insgesamt neun Labels und drei Vertrieben aus sieben L\u00e4ndern zug\u00e4nglich gemacht. Ein DIY Kollaborationsrelease wie es die Bandmitglieder aus ihrer Anarcho Punk Sozialisation kennen. Das war kein einfaches Projekt, aber wenn man Networking liebt ein vergn\u00fcgliches. Build your own fucking life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die neun Songs auf \u201ePeople As Idiots & Idiots As Leaders\u201c folgen zum Gro\u00dfteil einem inhaltlichen, unserer Zeit geschuldeten Konzept. In einer Welt in der M\u00f6chtegern- und tats\u00e4chliche Autokraten, Rechtsradikale und Populisten, machoide Gro\u00dfm\u00e4uler und religi\u00f6se Fanatiker zu Staatenlenkern gew\u00e4hlt werden, erscheint die Demokratie zunehmend fragil. Wenn der Lauf der gesellschaftlichen und politischen Entwicklung prim\u00e4r nach unten zu gehen scheint, wird auch f\u00fcr Anarchist:innen die Demokratie zu einem hohen Gut, von dem man hoffen muss, dass zumindest das gegenw\u00e4rtige Niveau halbwegs erhalten bleibt. L\u00e4cherlich erscheint pl\u00f6tzlich der Widerstreit zwischen Revolution\u00e4r- und Reformorientierten in der linken Szene. Wenn man von Putin, Orb\u00e1n, Erdo\u011fan, Trump, Bolsonaro, Milei, Meloni, Kaczy\u0144ski und derlei Figuren umgeben ist und im eigenen sowie im Nachbarland Parteien wie die FP\u00d6 und AfD (beide rechtsradikal\/populistisch) enorm re\u00fcssieren wird es unangenehm in Bezug auf die Hoffnung f\u00fcr die Zukunft. Die Medienwelt verschiebt sich zugunsten von krank machenden und emotional radikalisierenden Social-Media-Dynamiken, die von unwirklich reichen Oligarchen gesteuert werden, die unverhohlen antidemokratische Allmachtsfantasien formulieren und gerne Weltenlenker spielen m\u00f6chten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desolat spielen einen Sound aus Noise Rock, Sludge und Hardcore und sind im Herzen Anarcho Punks, sowas kann man nicht unkommentiert lassen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Chronologie des Albums folgt einer ersten Bestandsaufnahme (Idiots as Leaders, Pig Race To The Apocalypse), der darauffolgenden Depression (This Sadness Makes Me Rage, No Depression When Dead, Good People Keep Their Mouths Shut While The Assholes Believe The World Belongs To Them) und m\u00fcndet schlussendlich in Zynismus und Resignation (Cyberdyne Employment Application, Humans Are Such Easy Prey). Klingt nicht sehr erbaulich. Wut \u00fcber die Zust\u00e4nde und den eigenen Zustand ist in der Energie der Musik und Texte jedoch omnipr\u00e4sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stilistisch haben sich erstmals Emocore-Elemente eingeschlichen und greifen damit vergangene Projekte der Bandmitglieder wieder auf. Life\u2019s a Circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Als G\u00e4ste f\u00fcr das Album konnten JARBOE (SWANS, NEUROSIS), Michael Masen (MOZO MOZO) und RBK von ROLLTREPPE gewonnen werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aufgenommen und gemischt wurde erneut im Cosmix Studio in Wien von Rainer Sp\u00e4nle, gemastert hat wieder die schwedische Death Metal Legende Dan Swan\u00f6 \/ UNISOUND (EDGE OF SANITY, KATATONIA, BLOODBATH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F\u00fcr Fans von so unterschiedlichen Acts wie UNSANE, HELMET, CHERUBS, COUCH SLUT, JESUS LIZARD, ENTOMBED, STILL LIFE, FOUR HUNDRED YEARS, ANOMIE, NEUROSIS, LVMEN, BONGZILLA, NO MEANS NO, LARD, TRAGEDY und MINOR THREAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albumreleaseparty: 16.10., Venster99, Vienna<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

www.med-user.net\/desolat<\/a>
www.desolatvienna.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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