Berlin hardcore/crust band Zanjeer drops “Anti-Deutsch,” which is a rework of Reagan Youth’s eponymous track. Sung in Urdu, the track is the second preview from their upcoming debut album, Seher-e-Maqhoor (Eng: Dawn of the Oppressed), scheduled for April 3, 2026, via Neon Nile Records on vinyl, CD, and tape, as well as across digital/streaming platforms.
Vocalist Hassan Dozakhi says:
“‘Anti-Deutsch’ is a cover of Reagan Youth’s eponymous song, with the lyrics altered to sneer at the Anti-Deutsch movement in German punk, which is widely shaped by alignment with American imperial foreign policy and a political culture rooted in historical guilt over the Shoah.
“Anti-Deutsch khalas!”
For further notes from Dozakhi, check the feature at DIY Conspiracy, where the track premiered alongside commentary from Madame St. Beatrice (Reagan Youth), Oi Polloi, and Roy Elani (Holocausts).
Find the single on your preferred digital platforms HERE.
Delivered in Urdu, a lingua franca across Pakistan and India, this debut record, Seher-e-Maqhoor, connects the politics of the language’s homelands with that of its global diaspora, while extending solidarity with marginalized communities worldwide.
Pre-OrderSeher-e-Maqhoor via Neon Nile Records (LP, CD, cassette, and merch) HERE. European customers can also order via Sonic RendezvousHERE. The album will also be available on Bandcamp around the release date, physically and digitally, alongside merchandise.
Revisit the first single, “Fuck Berlin, Free Falasteen”:Listen | Watch
Zanjeer recently performed two shows in Italy and will celebrate the album with a record release show in Berlin on April 4, before embarking on a mini UK tour in late May.
Upcoming Shows:
4/04 – Berlin (DE) – Record Release Show
5/21 – London (UK) – KILL THE DOVE VOL.11
5/22 – Bristol (UK)
5/23 – Sheffield (UK) – Noise Annoys
Formed in 2020 in Bremen, Germany, Zanjeer has kept boiling with their blistering hardcore assault ever since, narrating the frustration, anger, and hatred born out of systematic and consistent oppression. Their 2022 EP, Parcham Buland Ast (Eng: The Flag is Raised), made their intent apparent. Now operating from Berlin, they have been playing in different parts of Europe and even headlined the first night of the most recent Antipode Festival in Istanbul. Zanjeer has garnered attention across various media platforms, including a documentary by ARTE.
The upcoming debu album Seher-e-Maqhoor calls to mind the sonic ferocity of acts such as Ratos de Porão and Raw Power, while its lyrics cut into immigration, neocolonialism, global South exploitation, Islamist extremism, and the ongoing massacres in Palestine. Zanjeer’s no-frills, blistering approach reprocesses the trusted formulas of hardcore punk while dragging in the grime of crust, unruly speed of d-beat, and frenetic kineticism of thrash metal. It never mutates into a hybrid or an aesthetic exercise; instead, the members’ backgrounds and lived politics are weaponized into a sound that is bruising, intense, inherently dangerous, and uncompromisingly urgent and authentic.
The album art is inspired by the 1857 revolt against British colonial rule in British India.
Album Credits:
Recorded, mixed and mastered in Berlin by Johny Jo.
Cover art by Chabieb (@pure_x_hate)
—Album Lineup—
Dozakhi – Vocals
Ludwig – Guitars
Giacomo – Bass
Steve – Drums
Band Lineup:
Dozakhi – Vocals
Ludwig – Guitars
Giacomo – Bass
Fekete – Drums
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