Bosnian quartet URBAN INSTINKT will release their third full-length album, “Never Give Up”, on January 29, 2027, through Time To Kill Records. Rooted in the classic hardcore vocabulary yet difficult to pin down within a single genre, the record brings together the immediacy and drive of hardcore with a heavier, distinctly metallic edge that comes to the fore in several passages. Its sound has an organic, unvarnished quality, favouring the physical impact of the instruments and the natural interplay between them over excessive polish.
The album moves freely between blunt, direct attacks and more elaborate compositions, with several tracks stretching well beyond the usual hardcore format. Changes of pace, shifts in intensity, groove and melodic details give the songs room to develop, while old-school metal influences broaden the picture without taking the band away from their hardcore roots. The result is a record with a strong sense of identity, drawing on familiar underground languages (Cro-Mags, Biohazard, Sick Of It All) while resisting easy categorisation. “Never Give Up” also retains the outspoken lyrical stance that has long been central to URBAN INSTINKT, addressing social and political issues with the same directness that informs their music.
The first single “Hardcore Remains” is available now – Streaming: https://ffm.to/urban-instinkt-hardcore-remains
The band comments:
“In a world suffocated by lies, hypocrisy, and hatred, this song stands as an unwavering fortress and an anthem to genuine unity. It delivers a clearer-than-ever message: no matter the storms and obstacles life throws at us, what is built with our own hands, blood and sweat remains indestructible and woven into eternity, forever.
Hardcore has never been just music. Above all, it is family, brotherhood, a way of life, and an attitude that survives every injustice.
‘Hardcore Remains’ is our direct response to all the darkness, lies, hatred, and deception that the media and social networks try to feed us and present as something normal, bombarding us with it from every direction. Life itself throws all kinds of storms and shit at us every single day, but in the end, all those experiences shape our character and give us the strength to say, once and for all, loudly and clearly, to all that injustice and hypocrisy: we know who they are, and we see through their deception and lies.
Trends come and go, fake people disappear, but what is genuine and what lives inside us can never die.
When all is said and done, when the dust finally settles, only one thing remains: HARDCORE REMAINS!”.
Tracklist:
1. Declaring the War
2. Phoenix
3. Cold World
4. Neglected
5. Hardcore Remains
6. Never Give Up
7. Patnja i Bol
8. Tuzla Hardcore
Preorders:
https://urbaninstinkt1.bandcamp.com/album/never-give-up
https://timetokillrecords.com/collections/urban-instinkt
Active since 2010, URBAN INSTINKT have built a solid reputation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and gradually extended their reach beyond the country’s borders. The Tuzla-based band have shared stages with Pro-Pain, Agnostic Front, Born From Pain, Comeback Kid and Ignite, and reached the finals of the Wacken Metal Battle. Their partnership with Time To Kill Records marks a further step towards a wider European audience.
Line-up:
Mirza Čardžić Charge – Bass and vocals
Ivan Nikić – Guitar
Mirza Halilagić Mita – Guitar
Sead Hadžic Sejo – Drums
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