1. Brotherhood of Sleep - Ain Berashyth
2. Agnes Vein - Melcor
3. Almost Heaven - Wired with Death
4. Violet Vortex - Luv
5. 1000mods - El Rollito
6. 45Rats - Labrat
7. Caveman Joe & thee Afrodykes - You Were Gay
8. The Unknown Passage - Little Bitch
9. The Earthbound - Lost
10. The Last Drive - Holy War
11. BLML - Godless
12. Honeydive - Drive Mad
13. The Mushrooms - Yellow Moon
14. Low Stone Nothing - Monotono
15. Spine Chilling Breeze - Losing My Insanity
16. Routes - Hit the Ground
17. Parafernelia - City of Fire
18. Dread Astaire - I'm Sucking with You
19. Mamma Kin - High
20. Vibratore Bizarro - Marvel
21. De Sades - Motherfuckin Blues
22. This Is Nowhere - Domino Memories
23. Sugah Galore - Cobra
24. National Pornografik - RBTK
Despite the certain danger to look outdated and retarded, I feel I need to make a Kvelertak post. The above video of a kick-ass tune announcing their return in a month or so with their second album "Meir" compels me to praise these six Norsemen that debuted musically with their revolutionary self-titled album back in 2010.
The exact reason I hadn't personally discovered them up until some time ago eludes me. For some reason, I had never given the time or the attention they deserved. And, despite all the outcries and jeers I'm bound to collect from hipsters and/or self-proclaimed music messiahs everywhere, I ought to scream that Kvelertak are my new favourite band from this decade so far and they certainly look like they have all the potential to become big. And we're talking BIG.
Blackmetal, punk, hardcore, rock n'roll, hard rock, heavy metal; all blended under lyrical themes of norwegian folklore wrapped inside a party mood. In writing, it might look confusing and contradicting, but their sound makes perfect sense and should appeal to all fans of extreme music with guitars. Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Slayer, Turbonegro, Hellacopters, Zyklon, Amorphis are few specific influences off the top of my head, but one could find dozens of different things in here all combined in an explosive result. Kvelertak are accused of unsuccessfully combining opposite musical elements, of being mainstream, of somehow being too happy and too "party-ish" for this kind of music..but does this all really matter against the feeling of being 15 again after you've discovered a new kick-ass band that makes you sing its tunes all day inside your head and compels you to grab your air mic and your air guitar?
If you haven't already, go listen to KVELERTAK; and this is the best advice one can get out of me these days \m/
1. Roachpowder - Viejo Diablo
2. Beaten Back to Pure - 866 Days
3. The Dukes of Nothing - Two Grammes
4. Skitkids - En Gastronomisk Resa
5. Totalitär - Flytande Värderingar
6. Darkthrone - Raised on Rock
7. Converge - No Heroes
8. Disfear - The Cage
9. Black Breath - Endless Corpse
10. Kvelertak - Blodtørst
11. Burning Love - Hateful Comforts
12. Entombed - Damn Deal Done
13. Haystack - Alright
14. Unsane - Humidifier
15. Kruger - Machine
16. Harkonen - Bargains Only
17. Meatjack - Sleep
18. Neurosis - To What End
19. Eyehategod - Blood Money
20. Iron Monkey - I.R.M.S.
21. High on Fire - 10,000 Years
22. Sun of Nothing - Hearthealer
