Kochkraft durch KMA

In the organizer's words:

In the local indie punk context, there has hardly been a path in recent years that has not led past
KOCHKRAFT DURCH KMA from Duisburg-Marxloh. Whether at numerous own
shows or even more festival appearances, or on tours together with bands as diverse as
bands such as Team Scheisse, Kettcar, Das Lumpenpack, FJØRT or Adam Angst - Kochkraft
was always there. And, after sometimes confused first impressions, KOCHKRAFT DURCH KMA
are one of those bands that ultimately take every person in the room with them.
With the new single "Ehrlich", the band announces their new studio album "Hardcore
never dies das", which will be released on 11.04.25 via Grand Hotel van Cleef.
"Ehrlich" plays to all the strengths of the indie rave punks: the danceable synth-beat framework
pretends to be light entertainment, but the lyrics grab you by the ears and really shake you up.
really shakes you up. According to the band, it's about "self-optimization, conservative backlash,
permanent crises, turbo capitalism, this and that. Sometimes we are also tired of fighting and
need that brief moment between idealism and resignation to say: it's hard enough already!
hard enough already!" - Anyone who can't empathize with this is probably lucky not to be part of our society.
part of our society.
But there is no giving up, that much is certain: there is also a lot of optimism and gratitude, and
and the band also expresses this on their new album: "We really banged out a lot last year
and played three million concerts. And the rest of the time we spent with great people from our scene
from our scene (Team Scheisse, Das Lumpenpack, The toten Crackhuren im Kofferraum, Das
blühende Leben, Mamoré) to write this album - it wouldn't have been so great on its own. This
proved to us again that 'together' is always better than 'alone'. Except at the
buffet, of course."
Music helps and hardcore never does. But so does humor (not). This.