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Dodeskaden started out in march 2004, and so far they have released two demos, Maktlös (2004) and När ingenting längre spelar någon roll (2005). They have also done a Split 7" with Guantanamo Bay.
The name comes from the japanese filmdirector Akira Kurosawa’s first ever colormovie, it’s a tragicomical portray of the slums of Tokyo. It is pronounced "Dough-dess ka-then" and is the sound that appears if you think you drive a railbus that really don’t exist!
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Selling points
# Crust/hc from the northern of sweden.
# Development from their previous releases. To date this is the most brutal shit ever by the band!
# The cover artwork is a drawing of the group. Dodeskaden, dodeskaden!
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| Written by Andreas [Folkzine, English, -] |
| I've been meaning to give Dodeskaden a listen for quite some time now. Not sure why it's been taking me so long, but now that I finally have. I'm not all that stoked and could have waited a bit longer. I got a bit worked up over the intro with chopper sounds and bomb alarms, but after that it all just went into a gray mass of plain d-beat punk with a somewhat dark crusty edge. Not anything specifically good or bad, just plain. I always appreciate dual fe-/male vocals and David & Helena utter some amazing parts. But since it got lost in the rest of the other sounds, even that didn't keep me from feeling a bit blase. |
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| Written by Kristoffer Persson [My last chapter, English, -] |
6/10
There’s been plenty of talk in the Swedish ‘underground’ crust scene about Dodeskaden, painting the picture of the new messiah of d-beat. But I never really got it, as it sounded more like a band that needed some maturing. And I guess they’ve matured a lot since I heard them the first time, ‘cause this is at times really cool. It is ultra political left-wing views that’s presented through the lyrics, as we’ve encountered so many times before. As well as we’ve heard this duo vocaled anarchopunk before, but it’s still intriguing in all its simplicity and crudeness. Lyrically they deal with stuff like the Israel/Palestine conflict, right-wing politicians as well as drunkenness and a wish to just dance through a revolution.
Bands like Operation, Contravene and @patia No instantly comes to mind, and that means anarchopunk, alright. But there’s something more, something drawing Born/Dead to mind. This for the quite heavy and hardcore-esque crust edge. Musically it’s not very intriguing. Sure, there are some hooks, but for the most part it’s just plain ol’ punk, you know. Not technical, not re-inventing the wheel, just the love for music. What makes Dodeskaden interesting at times is the male voice, which is quite harsh and deep, really differentiating itself from the rough female screams. But this is just one of the places you’ll notice the low quality of production, as the two vocalists aren’t exactly places equally in the mastering, and her voice comes off as almost on top of his, and not besides. Oh well, as I said it’s just plain ol’ punk. |
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| Written by Ted [Cow magazine, Swedish, -] |
Dessa gossar startade upp sin verksamhet i Nyköping 2004 och lirade då en mer långsam form av crust enligt eras hemsida. Efterhand har flera medlemsbyten och flyttlass kors och tvärs över Sverige resulterat i att de numera är ett Luleåband, men skit i det, över till musiken.
Inledande ”Helikopter”, en instrumental historia, lovar gott inför resten av skivan med schysst ljud, härliga riff och ett skönt flow.
Sen är det dags att mangla på med ”The wall, the war” som efter de första fem läskiga sekunderna drar igång musik som får mina öron att tänka på gamla band som Crude S.S, Asocial, No Security och många fina gamla hederliga 80- 90-tals hardcoreband som man kan hitta på någon gammal Really Fastsamling eller så.
Skillnaden med Dodeskaden är att de spelar lite tyngre och självklart har en bättre inspelning än de gamla kassettinspelningarna från förr, men i det stora hela känner jag en viss influens, omedveten eller inte.
Riktigt den känslan behåller jag dock inte genom alla de fem övriga låtar som bjuds. Det spretar än hit, än dit och de lyckas få till en ganska fin blandning av crust, ibland mer gammal hederlig engelsk kängpunk och 90-tals hardcore. Jag hoppas att de inte misstycker att jag ibland skulle gissa att de lyssnade mycket på Breach, Nine och annan hardcore under förra decenniet. Hursomhelst, det är ingenting jag tycker illa om, jag gillar Dodeskaden och ser fram emot mer! Detta var en precis lagom dos för denna gång. |
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| Written by Peter Johansson [Musiklandet, Swedish, -] |
| Här är favoritbandet i skivbunten. Det är små finurliga saker som gör att jag fastnar för den här plattan från Akira Kurosawa flörtarna till namn lekarna på omslaget. Det får naturligtvis en medelålders The Clash-fan att le. Gillar växelsången och det faktum att man faktiskt hör den klart. Att man även drar ned på tempot ibland gör att den här plattan sticker ut. Fint. |
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| Written by Peter Thorsson [Skrutt, English, -] |
| The group mixes english and swedish and that I really like….8 songs which is about politics, death anguish and war among other things and that´s not so much apart from other bands in the punkstyle. 8 songs in 12.38….grindpunk or what to call it but the thing which hits me most is that the vocals can be heard really good and that I really appreciate really much. I can think of a record(fullength) with the band with 30-40 songs…come along now, it would be really ncie to hear more with this Nyköpingsband. |
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| Written by Peter Thorsson [Skrutt, Swedish, -] |
| Gruppen blandar engelska och svenska och det tycker jag om….8 låtar som behandlar politik, Dödsångest och krig bland annat och det skiljer sig väl inte så mycket från andra punkband. 8 låtar på 12.38…..Grindpunk eller vad skall man kalla det men det som slår mig mest är att sången hörs riktigt bra faktiskt och det uppskattar jag riktigt mycket. Jag kan tänka mig en skiva(fullängdare) med en 30-40 låtar….kom igen nu, det skulle att vara trevligt att höra detta Nyköpingsband lite mer. |
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| Written by Jimmy Blom [Hardrockinfo.com, English, -] |
They must've been thinking a long, long time to come up with that title, hahaha!
Another new acquaintance, and this band reminds me of good old Swedish bands like DOM DÄR, SVART SNÖ and other Swedish punk/hardcore from the '80s and early '90s. Especially the second track, "The Wall, The War", smells like DOM DÄR.
Very good indeed! This should have been a nice 12" EP instead of a demo! But they could have skipped the outtro, which is just silly. |
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