Throughout the album Kvelertak mix the earworm and the extreme perfectly and, for now, the formula seems to be holding up well.
Restraint is the order of the day: While their debut had enough meatballs-to-the-wall ragers to fill a fjord, this one highlights the group's songwriting skills.
Meir isn't the magnum opus Kvelertak clearly have in them, but there's enough brilliance here to indicate that LP three or four very well might be.
Åpenbaring - 5/5 ❤
Spring Fra Livet - 4/5
Trepan - 4/5
Bruane Brenn - 4/5
Evig Vandrar - 3/5
Snilepisk - 5/5 ❤
Månelyst - 3/5
Nekrokosmos - 4/5
Undertro - 3/5
Tordenbrak - 4/5
Kvelertak - 5/5 ❤
Ok now this is badass. Black metal vocals, hardcore punk melodies, rock 'n' roll structure? I just had so much fun with this, whatever Black 'n' Roll is I need more of it because these combinations of sounds just work together so perfectly. Killer.
Åpenbaring - 5/5 ❤
Spring Fra Livet - 4/5
Trepan - 4/5
Bruane Brenn - 4/5
Evig Vandrar - 3/5
Snilepisk - 5/5 ❤
Månelyst - 3/5
Nekrokosmos - 4/5
Undertro - 3/5
Tordenbrak - 4/5
Kvelertak - 5/5 ❤
With its powerful vocals and its extreme instrumentals, Meir still manages to give us powerful and catchy riffs and stay coherent melodically, especially with songs like Undertro and Trepan. It also has more complex songs that are still very much succeeding their goals, such as Nekrokosmos. A perfect mix between the best part of metal like this.
1 | Åpenbaring 3:06 | 100 |
2 | Spring Fra Livet 3:34 | 85 |
3 | Trepan 3:39 | 80 |
4 | Bruane Brenn 4:07 | 80 |
5 | Evig Vandrar 2:48 | 75 |
6 | Snilepisk 2:52 | 90 |
7 | Månelyst 3:10 | 70 |
8 | Nekrokosmos 6:40 | 80 |
9 | Undertro 6:25 | 75 |
10 | Tordenbrak 8:53 | 85 |
11 | Kvelertak 3:49 | 96 |
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