Dirty Shirt

Dirty Shirt is a Romanian band whose blend of folk metal, folk rock and industrial metal brings them to New Cross Inn on the Balkansylvania Tour 2027, a London stop on the group's current run of dates.

Dirty Shirt formed in Seini in 1995, and their music combines folk metal, folk rock and industrial metal. Their first album, Very Dirty, appeared in 2000. The band describes its sound as folkcore metal.

This London date belongs to the Balkansylvania Tour 2027, which has already taken in Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, France and the UK. It promotes the new album Balkansylvania Vol. 1: Roots, the first part of a double album with guest contributions from Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, the Hungarian group Besh o droM, saxophonist Mihai Pîrvan, trumpeter Ali Nizar, who plays in Ibrahim Maalouf's band, and trombonist Gregor Chalupecký of Heľenine Oči. The singles released so far are "FOMO" and "Bunteto", and "A Brighter Day", featuring Ian Anderson, is the next.

For the London performance the band is preparing a new live production, with a set that draws on songs from the new album, several of them played in the capital for the first time. The group has performed in London before, including at The Garage. New Cross Inn hosts concerts and shows in London, and the evening will suit listeners drawn to the band's mix of folk and metal.