It's been a while since I've listened to such a nice melodic punk/hard rock album, without ever being too generic or looking like a fucked-up remake of something.
The Norwegian band Kvelertak will probably never go back to their original level but they offered us a highly edible album full of good songs, efficient riffs without the whole thing running out of steam. After that remains an easily digestible album which after a few listenings loses its interest, but globally let us also enjoy the ... read more
The fourth album by Norwegian act Kvelertak is my first introduction to their sound, which is rather surprising due to the kinds of musicians and creators they have collaborated with. They immediately caught my eye with their early artwork, as I hadn't realized that the vocalist from Baroness had designed their first two albums, an immediate bump of support from Baizley I was unaware of. Couple this with previous production work from Kurt Ballou of Converge fame, who also produced Splid, and ... read more
This is some of Kvelertak´s best work to date and it´s incredibly catchy. However i feel like a lot of this record could be cut to make it more compact and easily digestible. But other then trimming some fat, this record is pretty dang good.
1 | Rogaland 5:22 | 70 |
2 | Crack of Doom 3:53 feat. Troy Sanders | 70 |
3 | Necrosoft 2:59 | 70 |
4 | Discord 4:13 feat. Nate Newton | 80 |
5 | Bråtebrann 6:58 | 90 |
6 | Uglas hegemoni 3:32 | 80 |
7 | Fanden ta dette hull! 7:51 | 60 |
8 | Tevling 4:07 | 60 |
9 | Stevnemøte med Satan 4:29 | 60 |
10 | Delirium tremens 8:10 | 60 |
11 | Ved bredden av nihil 6:31 | 80 |
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