Berlin hardcore punk band Zanjeer returns with Seher-e-Maqhoor (Eng: Dawn of the Oppressed). Formed in 2020 in Bremen, Germany, Zanjeer has kept boiling with their blistering hardcore assault ever since, narrating the frustration, anger, and hatred born out of systematic and consistent oppression. Now operating from Berlin with a new lineup, the album takes cues from the sonic ferocity of acts such as Ratos de Porão and Raw Power, while its lyrics cut into immigration, neocolonialism, Global South exploitation, Islamist extremism, and the ongoing massacres in Palestine. Delivered in Urdu, a lingua franca across Pakistan and India, the debut record, Seher-e-Maqhoor, connects the politics of the language’s homelands with that of its global diaspora, while extending solidarity with marginalized communities worldwide. The album art is inspired by the 1857 revolt against British colonial rule in British India. The album features a lineup change from the previous release, with Ludwig (Akrabut, N.O.W.) and Giacomo (Bobson Dugnutt, Sputa, N.O.W., Destroy All Gondolas) joining on bass and guitar.
„This record is for all the brothers and sisters who belong to so-called marginalized communities, those who make fascists mad purely by existing and thriving in the face of systematic oppression, for those in the „global south“ as well as the „global north“. Our struggles are connected, and intimately linked regardless of how the modern algorithmic propaganda likes to divide us all into neat little boxes.“
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