NASTY

The Belgian-German aggro-punk band Nasty (stylized as NASTY) drops their new album, *Heartbreak Criminals*, via Century Media. The quartet—featuring Nash (drums), Paddy (guitars), Berry (bass), and Matthi (vocals)—follows up *Menace* (2020) with even more anger and even more love in their hearts. Tracks like “Resurrection” and “Don’t Play with Fire” showcase Nasty’s growth as artists while continuing to fly the flag of “f*cked-up music for a f*cked-up world” high. Indeed, re-recording the old-school, fan-favorite tracks “Declaring War” and “Chaos”—both from 2006’s *Declaring War*—connects the dots of Nasty’s hard-fought journey from their beginnings to who they are today. Heartbreak Criminals is a sonic life lesson about fistfights lost and battles hard-won. Nasty embodies perseverance.

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