Coming up
9 January 2026
📸 Nathan Dobbelaere
Band: RONKER
Who: Belgian most terrifying noiz turbine,
fronted by growling demon Jasper De Petter.
New album: RESPECT THE HUSTLE, I WON’T BE YOUR DOG FOREVER
Their sophomore.
Release date: 30th January
Pre-order info here.
Mindboggling album artwork
Press Info: “It’s a concept-album about coping mechanisms and the antics of a rock & roll lifestyle. The band is presenting a more layered and sophisticated sound than its predecessor; the result is a record that is equally shaped by the likes of David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars as it is by Refused or Slayer. Still as aggressive as before, but with a more old-school approach to songwriting with big choruses and even bigger riffage.”
Growling demon Jasper De Petter – Trix, Antwerp – Photo by Turn Up The Volume
Ronker about the record: “The initial plan was to write half of the record completely sober. We mostly succeeded in that effort. Not quite. We noticed that the songs we wrote in those sober sessions had a very distinct nature compared to the more fierce banger-like
songs we hammer out when we have some sort of intoxicants in our veins.”
So far, we have 3 singles to test our stereo’s resilience with.
– SNUFF –
Dante’s Inferno in motion
– LIMELIGHTER –
Louder than war
– NO SWEAT –
Aaaarrrggghhh