There’s something rotten and electric crawling out of Hamburg, and it answers to the name Night Punch. Five musicians, faces hidden behind masks, purposefully stripping away ego to focus on impact. Their sound is a bleak collision of hardcore punk, dark punk, and cold synth, music that feels a violent controlled implosion.
Their 2023 album “Where Sins Bloom (So Does Death)” was thirty two minutes of music punishment driven by hammering drums and bass, chainsaw guitars, glacial synth pads, and vocals that spit fury. Raw, uncompromising, and soaked in a dark aesthetic, it established the band as something far more serious than another underground curiosity.
Since their formation, anonymity has been part of the weaponry. Masks on, message forward. Limited edition tapes and vinyls sold fast, appearances at festivals like Get Lost! Fest left little doubt, and their live shows built a reputation for pure physical energy, no frills, no distance, pure DIY conviction delivered at full volume.
Now comes the next escalation. Set for release on 27/02/2026 via It’s Eleven Records, “Godisnowhere” arrives on vinyl as a sharper, harsher continuation of their path. More direct. More aggressive. Less mercy. The core sound remains intact, but the edges cut deeper. The tracks feel denser and more relentless, pushing massive rhythms and apocalyptic atmosphere into even more nihilistic territory.
From the ominous pull of “When Daylight Fades Away” to the suffocating tension of “Black Art & Alchemy”, this is not a reinvention, it’s an intensification. Another step forward in the uncompromising cosmos of Night Punch, and a reminder that hardcore punk, when fused with cold synth paranoia, can still feel genuinely dangerous.
Tracklist:
Intro
When Daylight Fades Away
Ash Williams
Noble Rot
Sietra Rivera
Black Art & Alchemy
Oh Dae-su
The Endless Longing Of A Guillotine
Night Punch Are:
Maddes: Vocals, Guitar
David: Vocals, Guitar
Mike: Bass
Paul: Synth
Julius: Drums
