Haris | uk

MC Itsuka and DJ Gonchi have been best friends since junior high, they formed Charisma.com in 2011, and started playing shows in 2012. Released July 2013, their effortlessly aloof mini-album, I I Syndrome, set tongues wagging in Japan, where their don't-give-a-shit attitude and nakedly negative lyrics are the perfect antidote to their home country’s suffocating auto-politeness. Their mission is to “turn your frustrations into songs". .

Formed in 2002, Metronome Charisma is Bertrand, Gaëtan, Jérôme and Julien. Fusing elements of hardcore, emo and metal into a strain of rocking chaos, they quickly wrote eight aggressive and desperate songs, creating their own style that would be best described as «BOTCH meets ENVY». Metronome Charisma played its first shows in their hometown, Bordeaux, a city which is better known for its wine than for its hardcore scene, supporting screamo heroes Yaphet Kotto. In June of 2002, they recorded the 8 songs for a demo which got great reviews among French HxC magazines, webzines and fanzines (Rock Sound, Unhurt,...