Platzhirsch Festival & Stapelcore present: RITUAL, GIVER & DOGS OUT!!!
For seven years, between 2005 and 2012, Ritual demonstrated the vitality of hardcore in Germany and Europe like no other band of their generation. The intensity of their music made it unmistakable what playing in a band of punks can still mean in the new millennium: a clearly felt "no" to the authorities and constraints that can never be escaped forever - and at the same time a passionate life in the Wolfpack. In other words: a momentum of youth, of friendship. Last year, after more than 12 years, they celebrated an impressive comeback with their new album Songs for the Haunted!
Also on the road is the melodic hardcore band GIVER from Paderborn. The band has already released three albums and with their last album they ventured into new territory, integrating elements of post-punk, black metal and hardcore into a sound that is somewhere between bands like Oathbreaker, Converge and Chelsea Wolfe.
The third band is DOGS OUT from Cologne! The four-piece hardcore-violence band stands for energetic shows and an excellent musical middle finger!