The D.I.Y. Hardcore Punk Fest in Gdynia is firmly an institution. Eighteen editions deep, still running on collective energy and a stubbornly anti-commercial ethos, it remains one of the most consistent and honest hardcore punk gatherings in Central Europe.
The fest is the work of DIY3M, short for DIY Trójmiasto, a booking collective operating out of the Trójmiasto area. They started organising together in 2001, and the fest itself grew out of that same impulse: bring the bands you care about to your city, do it yourself, keep it real. Over the years Podwórko.art, formerly known as Ucho, on ulica św. Piotra in Gdynia became the home turf for the main event, a space that fits the music perfectly, raw enough to feel right.
The track record speaks for itself. Previous editions have hosted bands like Mob 47 and Skitsystem from Sweden, The Restarts from the UK, Morne from the USA, Agrimonia and Desperat from Sweden, and Downfall Of Gaia from Germany. That is not a random collection of names. That is a carefully curated lineage of bands that matter in the global underground, booked by people who actually listen to this music rather than just manage it. By the eleventh edition, the two-day format was already locked in, complete with distros and vegan food, the full package for anyone who knows what DIY punk culture actually looks like in practice.
Eighteen editions is a remarkable run for anything operating outside the mainstream.
Vol. 18: The Line-Up
Warm-Up Day – Friday 24 April, Klub Desdemona, Abrahama 37, Gdynia, 19:00, 50 PLN
Hibernation – Athens, Greece
One of the genuine founding names of Greek crust, active since the 1990s with a history that places them in the same lineage as Panikos and the Amebix-inflected heavy crust that defined Greece’s contribution to the international underground. Their 2018 album “In The Years Of Desolation”, recorded at Ignite Studio and re-amped and mastered at Entasis Studio, is their most recent full-length, and features the line-up of Alex on guitar and vocals, Gianna on drums and backing vocals, Haris on bass and backing vocals, and Christos on guitar. Coming back after a 14-year gap between full-lengths, “In The Years Of Desolation” showed a band with nothing to prove and everything still to say.
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Ayucaba – Barcelona, Spain
Their roots sprawl across Latin America, a band drawn from the diaspora and part of the Otro Futuro collective. Their debut album “Operación Masacre”, released July 2025 on vinyl via Metadona Discos and on tape via Educación Cínica, is ten tracks of metallic hardcore punk with the line-up of Cromi on vocals, Juan Ospi and Randy Florez on guitars, Mateo on bass, and Morelli on drums. Members have previously played in Muro and Inyección. Speed metal soloing, ferocious vocals, complex structures that never drag, and lyrics entirely in Spanish dealing with state violence, systemic rot, and resistance. One of the most striking debuts of 2025 in any punk subgenre.
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Pisuar – Warsaw, Poland
They are a genuinely restless band. Their most recent release is “Szkodliwy Niż Znad Polski”, a 7″ out December 2025 on Abnegat Records, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Rafał Wiewiór. Before that came “Nowa Era Społecznej Nienawiści” in October 2024, and a promo tape in July of the same year. A lo-fi noise hardcore punk band built from members with roots in the Warsaw and wider Eastern European scene, they toured with AG-3 across Europe in January 2026. Pissed off, fast, and genuinely rooted in the city they come from.
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Annapura – Mexico City, Mexicvo
They have been at it since 2013, building a discography that now runs to five releases under the straightforward Roman numeral naming system, from their self-titled debut through to “V” in 2025. All vocals and lyrics in Spanish, all dealing with the personal and the political as inseparable. Detonating riffs, attacking drums, and a band that has spent over a decade getting sharper without losing any of the urgency that launched them.
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Vol. 18: The Line-Up
The Day After – Saturday 25 April, Podwórko.art, Św. Piotra 2, Gdynia, 18:00, 100 PLN
Chaotic End – Athens, Greece
Chaotic End have been at it since at least 1991, with their earliest release dating back to that year. Their most celebrated work is “Υπόσχεση (Promise)“, released February 2017 on vinyl and CD. Seven tracks of dense, heavy stenchcore including the sprawling opener “Αγκαθια (Thorns)” at over eight minutes and fan-favourite “Χαμενος (Lost)“. Deeply rooted in the Greek crust tradition and genuinely respected in the underground internationally.
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Uncurbed – Sweden
Uncurbed‘s “…Keeps The Banner High” was originally released on Sound Pollution Records in 2000, reissued by Not Enough Records in January 2022. Not Enough is a pro-resistance, anti-fascist DIY punk label out of Malmö, established in 2002. The record is a 16-track d-beat rock’n’roll battering ram, mixing Swedish and English lyrics. “Bar-Star“, “Violent Criminal“, “Rebel Punx“, still hits hard over two decades later. Classic Swedish crustcore, no compromise.
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Faze – Montréal, Canada
Faze are a hardcore punk band from Montréal, Québec. Their most recent release is “Big Upsetter“, out October 2024, six tracks tagged as punk, rock, hardcore, and psych. Tracks like “Who Does Your Daddy Sell His Guns To?” and the near-five-minute title track show a band genuinely willing to stretch punk’s walls outward. Their discography goes back to 2016, with five releases including “Struggling To Enjoy Ourselves While The World Slowly Implodes” (2018) and “Content” (2021). The psych influence here is real, not decorative.
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Downwinder – Volos, Greece
Downwinder are a five-piece from Volos, Greece: Aris on drums, Costas on guitars and vocals, Giannis on bass, Mike on guitars, and Vaggelis on main vocals. Their most recent full-length is “Claws Of Despair“, released March 2024 on black vinyl in 500 copies, recorded at Ignite Studios and mixed and mastered by Evan Mersky at Red Lantern Studios. Eight tracks of death-metal-infused crust covering nuclear catastrophe, state violence, and ecological collapse. One track, “Αιώνιος Φόβος (Eternal Fear)“, is in Greek. Tagged as crust, death metal, d-beat, hardcore punk, and stenchcore. This is the real deal.
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NÃO – Bremen, Germany
NÃO are from Bremen, Germany. Their most recent record “Obrigada” was released September 16, 2025, recorded live and mixed by their own bass player at Use Akschen, Bremen, and mastered by Marcus at No Master’s Voice in Copenhagen. Eleven tracks on vinyl with a riso-printed booklet, released via symphonyofdestruction.org. Lyrics entirely in Portuguese, with titles like “Destruir“, “Violência“, and “Admirável Mundo Novo“. Upcoming 2026 shows in Amsterdam, Gdynia, and Groningen confirmed. Ferocious and uncompromising.
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Dishönor – Thessaloniki, Greece
Dishönor are a DIY crust / d-beat band from Thessaloniki, Greece. Their 2024 EP “Chain Reaction, Mass Extinction” was recorded live at their rehearsal studio in May 2022, mixed and mastered by Mattias Persson, and co-released on 10″ vinyl by Septic Aroma of Reeking Stench, Aspects of Noise, and the band themselves, limited to 500 copies. Six tracks dealing with state power, ecological destruction, and nuclear war. They also dropped a split with Disforia in December 2025. Members operate under initials only: S on vocals, N on guitar, G on bass, M on drums.
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ΠΛΕΚΤΑΝΗ – Athens, Greece
ΠΛΕΚΤΑΝΗ (Plektani) are a hardcore punk band from Athens. Their sole release to date is “Καλλιτεχνικές Ανησυχίες“, out May 16, 2024, recorded at their rehearsal space in the Lenorman neighbourhood of Athens in November 2023, and mixed and mastered at Ignite Studio. The band: Giorgos on vocals, Ilias and Thanos on guitars, Nikos on bass, Vaggelis on drums. All ten tracks in Greek, with lyrics targeting hypocrisy, austerity, media manipulation, and the artwashing of culture. Released on 12” black vinyl 180g by Chaos Anticonformity. One of the strongest recent entries in the Athenian HC scene.
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Aargh Fuck Kill / A.F.K – Hamburg, Germany
Aargh Fuck Kill (A.F.K) are based in Hamburg, Germany. Their discography goes back to a 2014 demo. Their most substantial record is “Another Pair Of Eyes“, released July 2022, nine tracks mixing German and English, tagged as hardcore punk and d-beat. Lyrically they hit isolation, social media alienation, drug abuse, and militarism hard, with “Junk For Inner Peace” directly confronting heroin in the punk scene, raw and without sentimentality. Most recent release: “Gift EP“, August 2025. Upcoming shows in March 2026 in Rotterdam, Lille, Bristol, Sheffield, London, and Brussels, plus D.I.Y Hardcore Punk Fest Vol. 18 in Danzig, Poland, April 2026.
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The Social – Liverpool, England
The Social are a three-piece from Liverpool: Tom on guitar and vocals, Laura on bass, Gabby on drums. Debut album “All For One, One For All” out October 10, 2025, recorded at Stationhouse Studio in Leeds, mixed and mastered by Chris Corry on 16-track tape, released by Mendeku Diskak and Quality Control HQ on black vinyl limited to 380 copies. Twelve tracks of class-war UK’82 punk with zero hedging, going directly at Murdoch’s press, imperialism, militarism, the military-industrial complex, and Palestinian solidarity. Liverpool punk in 2025 sounds like it genuinely means it.
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Klątwa – Warsaw, Poland
Klątwa (meaning “Curse” in Polish) are a hardcore punk band from Warsaw. Their self-titled debut “Klątwa” was released November 7, 2025, recorded at Wieloślad studio in October 2025, mixed and mastered by Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio. The band: Ralf Punchline on vocals, Dima on bass, Mortal VVorx on guitar, Pawel on guitar, Koza on drums. Four tracks, all in Polish, tagged as d-beat, hardcore punk, and metalpunk. The cassette pre-order already sold out before release. A very fresh band with immediate, undeniable force.
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