HARDCORE SUPERSTAR (Hard Rock/Metal – Sweden) – Release new song/official video for “Weep When You Die”, from the band’s upcoming new album “ABRAKADABRA” due out March 2022 through GAIN & Golden Robot Records #HardcoreSuperstar
Hardcore Superstar – Weep When You Die 2021 Release
Hardcore Superstar to release their third single “Weep When You Die” taken off the band’s upcoming album.
Single Info
“Weep When You Die” is the alcohol soaked, anthemic new single from Gothenburg’s leading exponents
of Street Metal; HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, and is set to be released as both a download single and on all
digital platforms on November 5th
.Rejoicing in the enormous success and critical acclaim of their first two singles “Catch Me if You Can”
and “Dreams in Red”, “Weep When You Die” is a booze soaked anthem described by the bands
drummer ‘Adde’ as “just another night at your local watering hole”
Evoking images of a smoke filled saloon, populated by rogues, outcasts and undesirables on the edge of
society, “Weep When You Die” shrouds the listener with a hymn like opening before crashing into a
pounding rhythm driven by Adde in harmony with bassist Martin Sandvik. Elevating the mood and
creating the perfect platform for singer Jocke Berg to deliver his sermon urging people to “live for
today” as guitarist Vic Zino conjures up the perfect balance of melody, riffs and scything lead work.
“Weep When You Die” is the third single from the bands highly anticipated new album “ABRAKADABRA”
that is scheduled for release in March 2022 through GAIN and Golden Robot Records
Band Bio
The Swedish four piece had the balls to marry two styles that grew up hating each other. We’re talking about Thrash Metal and Sleaze Rock. The former hard, aggressive and ugly, the latter catchy, melodic and decadent. So what should they name this bastard child ?
–We play ‘Street Metal’ with drummer Magnus ”Adde” Andreasson. Thrash and sleaze both come from the gutter. They wear big sneakers, they are a bit stupid and they both read pulp fiction. I can’t believe that nobody brought them together before.
Early days
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR did just that with the band’s fourth and eponymous album, released in 2005. But the quartet didn’t arrive overnight, rather paying its dues during a rocky but rewarding ride.
The roots can be traced back to the late eighties, when Adde was talked into playing the drums by older friend and neighbour Jocke Berg. –I played the guitar and we tried our best with songs such as ‘Paranoid’ and King Diamond’s ‘Shrine’, Jocke remembers.
The young teenagers, hailing from a small town just outside of Gothenburg, ended up in different bands, who in turn chose different routes from their Iron Maiden inspired beginnings. Adde opted for heavier stuff in Dorian Gray whereas the Jocke fronted Glamoury Foxx went in a glammier direction. Incidentally, Jocke took up singing thanks to one Thomas Silver, fellow guitar slinger in Glamoury Foxx.
Eventually Jocke and Adde ended up together again, this time in ‘Link’, a classic rock oriented outfit with grunge leanings. They were joined by guitar player Fredrik ”Fidde” Johansson and bass player Martin Sandvik, the latter having originally tried to lure Jocke away to his own band, ‘Wanted’. Link did the occasional gig and recorded a couple of demos before Adde headed west to pursue his dream.
– I kind of grew tired of Link, he confesses. I moved to Los Angeles to study at the Musicians Institute.
Link recruited drummer Mika Vainio and kept going until parting ways with Fredrik Johansson in the fall of 1997. The guitar player wanted to take the band in a psychedelic and arty direction whereas the other three just wanted to rock.
– I remember showing Fiddle the riff to ‘Hello/Goodbye’, Martin says. He turned his back on me and started to play scales on the guitar. He obviously thought the riff sucked.
The three remaining members were keen to forge ahead and adopted the name HARDCORE SUPERSTAR. However, there was one little problem. Jocke already was quite a frontman, but being the sole guitar player? As luck would have it, Thomas Silver had just left local rockers ‘Green Jesus Saviours’. HARDCORE SUPERSTAR had a club gig lined up in Gothenburg, so Jocke asked his old bandmate to help out. Things clicked immediately and Thomas signed up as a permanent member. His connection with Gain Productions helped HARDCORE SUPERSTAR get ‘Hello/Goodbye’ and ‘Someone Special’ onto a compilation album. The response was phenomenal and Gain duly offered the band a contract resulting in the boys setting out to record their debut album in early 1998.
– We were influenced by the LA metal scene of the eighties, says Martin. You know, LA Guns and Faster Pussycat and the likes. But we also dug Oasis, as can be heard in ‘Someone Special’. The result, ‘It’s Only Rock N’ Roll’, was released in October 1998.
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