ZANJEER زنجیر
totally wired
Hardcore punk band ZANJEER (زنجیر, Urdu for "chain") channels the fury of global injustice through fast, uncompromising hardcore, crust and d-beat sung in Urdu. Vocalist Dozakhi was a prominent figure of Lahore's DIY underground, spending years organizing shows in basements and improvised spaces and fronting bands in a scene with few venues, before relocating to Germany in 2019 in search of an alternative to the religious fundamentalism, patriarchal norms, and sparse scene back home. In recent years, the band sharpened its attack confronting the genocide in Gaza head-on and the everyday racism and Islamophobia in Europe, fusing raw hardcore touchstones with rhythmic ideas from SWANA music traditions.
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