I can still remember exactly when I was a little kid. I had no idea about the music, the scene, or anything else for that matter. So what could be better than getting to know bands, lifestyles, and lyrics about this movement in the form of compilations – that is, samplers?
Since this is now far back in the fog of the past, it would be quite interesting to see how I feel about such albums today, considering I now have certain experiences with punk rock bands. How nice that by chance the "Aggropunk Sampler Vol. 2" has fallen into my hands. At this point, of course, a warm greeting to "Atze!", who (strangely enough) handed me the sampler while writhing in pain.

I do tend to ramble on, but due to the abundance of bands – which amounts to 28 – and the relatively clear thought I’m trying to grasp here, I will keep it shorter than a masochist would for his master:
The record is definitely a sampler! Before the professors and know-it-alls crawl out of their holes to share their incredibly intelligent reasoning, which aims to point out my incredibly trivial statement, one should consider what I actually mean by that. If someone isn’t interested and belongs to the lazy reading crowd, they can check the reason for the lack of points further down.
Because "Aggropunk Vol. 2" is a colorful little package with an equally colorful mix of fun and beer-drinking companions, who both push down and somehow elevate the rating. To get a good overview of "the scene" (a silly term, but other minds simply don’t understand it without such terms), one must depict a broad spectrum. Unfortunately, "the scene" is not a typical "scene" because even among punkers, extremely different opinions circulate (which is why I already labeled that term as "silly" above). For this reason, the sampler cannot claim to create a truly meaningful record that captures the "spirit of punk rock." But it doesn’t have to; it’s enough to give a little nudge.
Therefore, both unknown bands and old hands who have faithfully served punk rock over the years are presented. Accordingly, the quality begins to fluctuate, which should come as no surprise.
The Aggropunks can therefore look forward to a wave of euphoria. This is not a rush of bliss but rather quality differences on the same CD.

On one side are the bands with experience and well-known names. Combos like "Dritte Wahl", "Popperklopper", "Dödelhaie", or "Fahnenflucht" ensure that newcomers get to know a few important bands and can explore new musical areas after purchasing "Aggropunk Vol. 2". On the other side are bands that are still a bit less known or want to draw attention to themselves through the sampler. This divide between the bands is also strongly noticeable when you start listening to the CD. The sound or the skill of the punk rockers (both musically and lyrically) almost stand in opposition, and you can already sense which musicians have been in the business longer. It becomes particularly sad when the old clichés are brought out again, which have completely lost their value in the already oversaturated scene. Unfortunately, this means that some bands mercilessly sink in the crossfire of the bigger (or equally matched but clearly better) ones and thus hardly get heard, which serves their popularity as meaningfully as a broken finger does for its pianist.
The qualitative mishmash may be somewhat nice if the successful songs cushion the collection with their presence or make it more audible, but it unfortunately does not compensate for the sad fact that other songs are pushed into the background.

In principle, I see nothing wrong with samplers – quite the opposite! Works like "Punkrock BRD Vol. 1-3" are a really nice thing with many bands, biographies, lyrics, and other nice articles or writings within the booklet, and they are the ideal entry point for someone who wants to discover punk culture in the musical realm. But this very colossus stands in the way of the smaller samplers – and thus also the Aggropunk disc – and offers a better alternative in every respect.

However, for those who like such punk rock collections and swimming pools, they might give the silver disc a chance. After all, there are always bands to discover in the candy-colored punk rock wonderland that deserve to be lent an ear. In this case, I was able to discover a few unknown bands (for example, "Front" or "Empowerment") that I want to keep an eye on in the future. And that, even though I have already been swimming in the swamp of beer, blood, and vomit for several years. One can imagine the extent for someone who is still a bit green behind the ears.

"Aggropunk Vol. 2" is a nice addition and certainly audible for some. For my part, however, I could draw little from the round disc and will accordingly turn to other records. For beginners, it could possibly be just the spark that can ignite the deep fire within.

Now that I have the record in front of me, a thought comes to mind: Never has the saying "tastes differ" fit so well as at this point, where the personal pain threshold is truly decisive for the overall work.
For this simple reason, I will not award any points, as no rating would be satisfactory.

Damn, it has turned out longer again...