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Moscow Death Brigade
12+ albums
underground hip-hopHip-Hophardcore hip-hopantifarap
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Moscow Death Brigade is a band from Moscow, Russia that plays a mix of hip-hop, punk rock and electronic music. The band's music and masked appearance emphasize its stance against racism, sexism and homophobia. The band does not consider itself a political band and claims that their views are just "human". The band was founded in 2007 under the name Hoods Up 495. The members come from the hardcore punk scene and have worked with among others, the streetpunk band Razor Bois and the crossover band Siberian Meat Grinder. Common to all members is a fondness for the hip-hop of the 1980s / 1990s like the Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, or the Transplants and an anti-fascist attitude. After renaming they changed to their current style to connect aggressive rap with guitar-heavy hardcore beats, followed a year later by releasing a second self-titled demo tape with three songs. In 2014 the group released their first EP called Hoods Up, a reference to the former band name, on the German label Fire and Flames Music. The EP attracted the attention of Europe's punk scene and ensured that the band became known outside Russia's borders. After extensive tours through Eastern and Central Europe, including among others with Feine Sahne Fischfilet, a split EP with the fellow Russian anti-fascist hardcore band What We Feel called Here to Stay was released, followed by another split release on Audiolith Records with the bands Feine Sahne Fischfilet, Los Fastidios and What We Feel. The lat
