Active Bastard

 

Active Bastard is a negative hardcore punk duo from Barrie/Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

They are: Ian - words/lead vocals, Ionas music/instruments/backups/production.

Active Bastard is a Canadian recording project spewing a potent mix of negative hardcore, street punk, and crossover thrash - all served in a gilded chalice of gothic misery.

Formed by two long-jaded punks with decades of psychological scars and zero patience for optimism, the duo’s debut The Golem is a love letter to despair, self-loathing, and vintage hardcore.

Ian, former vocalist of The Groggies, unloads his blackly hilarious lyrical self-destruction over Ionas’ melancholic, metal-laced riffwork (of blackened punks Sardu). Together, they trudge through melody and misanthropy - from the Bo Diddley murder ballad parody “Dare Not Laugh” to the 20-riff existential monologue “Everything Could Be Wonderful.”

Don’t ask them to play live. That would mean going outside and interacting with other idiots.

The Golem (2026)

01 - Into The Abyss

02 - One Bullet

03 - Boring Bitter & Ugly

04 - All In Or Nothing

05 - Wheels Of Life

06 - The Bridge

07 - Dare Not Laugh (Bo Diddley Cover)

08 - Hate Me Baby

09 - Rage

10 - Disconnect

11 - Come Out Swinging

12 - Prowling

13 - Why Am I Here?

14 - Sleep Forever

15 - Everything Could Be Wonderful

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