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We live in a media maelstrom, a convergence of art and ideologies, creation and destruction. For the first time ever, our landscape is a distraction unto itself, and while the masses watch the horizon, the common well is spoiled by diluted memories of ideas once great. We crave something real, something from the soil. Australian hardcore collective Förstöra are devoid of reflection. The noise and neon slide by them as they work, intent on laying waste to anything without anchorage, taking contemporary punk, rock and metal forward as so much around them recedes. Conceived by ex-Headshot guitarist and songwriter, Ben Lockhart, Förstöra’s composition is as deliberate as it is rich. Members, Lockhart, bassist Dan Feist, vocalist, Denis Radacic and drummer Adam Round have a shared history of immersion within Australian hardcore, and their desire to now take that music forward is their only purpose. With his earliest roots in the revered Swedish hardcore scene, Förstöra vocalist, Denis