D-beat/Crust band from
Russia.
DISTRESS was formed in late 2003 by four punks who have previously played in various local
bands. Inspired by work of the
bands in the second wave of British
punk such as
DISCHARGE and VARUKERS and mixing it with Scandinavian
punk like
ANTI-CIMEX,
DISARM,
AVSKUM, the band has turned towards raw and dirty dispunk as early as their first rehearsals. In early 2004 two demos, "Fuck The System" and "
Propaganda," were recorded. Towards the end of 2004 the original drummer left. For a while the band was inactive. In early 2005 six songs for the split CD with
punk band KOMATOZ were recorded, with a new drummer. The recording session was followed by yet another
… Read more lineup change. The guitarist quit but soon his place was taken over by a new
musician. During that year the band played a number of gigs around
Russia and toured Scandinavia twice. The first full-length album "Progress / Regress" has been recorded in early 2006. The sound has remarkably switched towards Swedish d-beat / scandicore on this album. Several songs from the same session were released on a split EP with Finland's DISKELMA. The tour of Czech Republic in the Summer of 2006 was preceded by appearance of a new drummer and followed by the addition of a second guitarist. In early 2007 the band recorded a few songs for the split CD with Finland's WHEEL OF DHARMA and split EP with Czech band MASS
GENOCIDE PROCESS. This recording has shown the turn towards Scandinavian d-beat / crust scene with even more clarity. And that's not the end yet. To be continued.
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