London based hardcore band Mashaal announced their debut demo over the last few days, along with a debut release show that will be take place at The Dev in Camden early in the new year.

I personally love the entire demo.

With tracks such as their opener ‘Terrorist‘ and ‘I.M.M.I.G.R.A.N.T.‘ dealing with situations many of our friends are having to go through within this society. Showing that there should be love for everyone and anyone regardless of race.

I for one love that Mashaal have brought this into the fold and within such a community that is the hardcore community. If you haven’t heard the demo yet make sure you give it a listen and head over to their instagram page to read the lyrics for each track. In one word this will be influential.

Their debut show will take place on the 10th January at The Dev Camden which will also be a FREE SHOW.

Presented by Unite Asia the show will also include State Sanctioned Violence as support and headlined by London Hardcore band Agency who have got some serious shows coming up in 2026!

Agency are set to play Reality Unfolds festival which is taking place at New Cross Inn over the weekend of the 16th – 18th January. Other artists playing the fesitval are the likes of Arkangel, Your Demise & Splitknuckle amongst another 20+ artists over the weekend. Tickets are now available and can be booked through Pit.Live or follow through the link https://pit.live/events/reality-unfolds-1.

They are also supporting French hardcore band Sorcerer and BN1’s No Relief at The Black Heart in Camden on the 6th February via Cash Pistache Promotions & Stronger Bookings which I will be heading along to check out!

See poster below and link to tickets here https://www.ourblackheart.com/events/2026/2/6/sorcerer

I’ll be heading over to Camden to catch the Mashaal show but in the meantime if you want to have a listen or support Mashaal by purchasing their demo tape it can be found on their bandcamp via the link below:
https://mashaal.bandcamp.com/album/demo

Until then, I’ll catch you in the pit!

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