RAW BRIGADE release new album 100% on Flatspot Records | Straight edge hardcore from Colombia

RAW BRIGADE release new album 100% on Flatspot Records

Recorded in English and Spanish

100% Documentary film out now

Touring with Agnostic Front this December

Photo Credit: Jaime Andrés Méndez

“Combining old school hardcore with a confrontational disposition, the band’s aggression and durability signaled an auspicious start to the 100% era.” – Knotfest

“An unmistakable mix of urgency, conviction, and pride.” – No Echo

“The Bogotá crew continues to prove why they’ve become one of the defining names in Latin American hardcore.” – Idioteq

100% Hardcore. 100% Straight Edge. 100% Latino. Colombian hardcore band Raw Brigade are stating exactly who they are with their new album 100% available today on Flatspot Records. Always having a mix of English and Spanish vocals in their tracks, when it came time to record 100% it morphed into recording two versions of the record, one in English and one in Spanish. The eleven tracks burst with aggression through furious vocals, fast-paced riffs, and plenty of two-step mosh parts. Influence from NYHC bands like Outburst and Warzone seeps through, while lyrics tackle everything from straight edge pride to addressing those who are treated unjust from corrupt systems. Vocalist Carlos Chavarriaga wrote and produced it with the help of Avery Field and Connors Jones, recording with Jon Markson at The Animal Farm in New Jersey and Santiago Gonzalez at Sepia Studio in Bogotá, and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege. Stream 100% HERE.

Last week the band shared the 100% documentary, watch it HERE. Directed by Derek Rathbun with assistant editor Raul Valdez, the fifteen minute film showcases Raw Brigade’s origins and their profound impact on hardcore in Colombia.

Speaking further on the album, Chavarriaga shares:

“We always try to have a general theme for each release, the last one was for our city Bogota and for our experience of being immigrants in another country, the one before that was mostly a Latino pride record. On this one we decide to create a compilation of what we are as people and as a band that’s why the name is 100%. We are a straight edge old-school style hardcore punk band from Colombia/ Latinoamerica influenced by New York Hardcore bands from the 80’s. Lyrics cover everything from political to personal experience as Latinos and as Straight Edge people.”

Raw Brigade will head out on a US tour supporting Agnostic Front starting December 4th, full dates below.

Raw Brigade is Carlos Chavarriaga – vocals , Kristian Gonzalez – Bass, Nicolai Camargo – guitars, and Juan Maldonado – Drums.

100% Tracklist:

Disc 1 (English Version)

1. DEAL BREAKER… TIME FOR REVENGE

2. ANOTHER STRUGGLE

3. SHUT UP

4. TRAITOR (OZYMANDIAS)

5. I DON’T WANNA BE

6. BOGOTÁ 12-4Q

7. R.B. ANTHEM

8. DRUGS

9. BROKEN TEETH

10. POLICE CRIME

11. TERRORIST

Disc 2 (Spanish Version)

1. TU FINAL… TIEMPO PA’ VENGAR

2. OTRO PROBLEMA

3. CALLA

4. TRAIDOR (OZYMANDIAS)

5.  NO SERÉ COMO TÚ

6. BOGOTÁ 12-4Q

7. R.B. HIMNO

8. DROGAS

9. DIENTES ROTOS

10. POLICÍA CRIMINAL

11. TERRORISTA

Tour Dates:

w/ Agnostic Front

12/04 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East

12/05 Atlantic City, NJ @ Anchor Rock Club

12/06 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza

12/09 Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club

12/10 Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern

12/11 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell)

12/12 Melbourne, FL @ Pineapples (Moon Room)

12/13 Miami, FL @ Gramps

12/14 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum

12/15 Jacksonville, FL @ The Albatross

12/16 Greenville, SC @ Radio Room

12/17 Wilmington, NC @ Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern

12/18 Raleigh, NC @ The Pour House

12/19 Lynchburg, VA @ Super Rad Arcade

12/20 Altoona, PA @ McGarvey’s Bar & Grill

12/21 Allentown, PA @ Archer Music Hall (Arrow)