Topic: KVELERTAK (Read 20467 times)

Lummer · « **on:** 25 Jun 2010, 03:47 »

http://kvelertak.indierec.net/

Seriously you guys, who would have thought Cock Rock in Norwegian with hardcore vox and a smidgen of black metal would be SO FUCKING GOOD?!

This is just rockin'. I love it!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 06:43 »

KVELERTAK

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #2 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 09:03 »

So with these guys, Trap Them, Black Breath, Early Graves...it seems that a lot of guys who grew up with Entombed have decided to start bands and release albums at about the same time. It's a good job Kurt Ballou can bring out that buzzsaw guitar tone.

Lummer · « **Reply #3 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 14:41 »

I wouldn't say that Kvelertak have the Buzzsaw tone by any stretch of the imagination. Their guitars sound conventionally good, not like their whole rigs are vomiting while on fire.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #4 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 14:44 »

They still tend towards the death n roll style though. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, I like the style. I just find it odd that there are a number of bands currently doing their own takes on death n roll, most of whom have only cropped up relatively recently.

Lummer · « **Reply #5 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 14:48 »

Of course, I'm not saying that I don't absolutely love it when your entire rig sounds like it's vomiting while on fire. There's a damn good reason I'd pick my Boss HM-2 over my mom if I had to rescue something out of a burning building.

Lummer · « **Reply #6 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 14:49 »

Quote from: evilbobthebob on 25 Jun 2010, 14:44

They still tend towards the death n roll style though. I'm not saying that this is a bad thing, I like the style. I just find it odd that there are a number of bands currently doing their own takes on death n roll, most of whom have only cropped up relatively recently.

That's true, but like with you, I'm digging the hell out of this style. More of that please.

evilbobthebob · « **Reply #7 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 14:51 »

I just love how innovative most of the bands using it are being. Trap Them throw in grindcore; Black Breath hardcore; Kvelertak increase the roll quotient while keeping a satisfactory level of death.

I'm glad that I'll be seeing them with Converge in July

Lummer · « **Reply #8 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 15:01 »

Oh yes, Malmö, Debaser. IT IS OOON!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #9 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 19:13 »

I'm still sulky about the quality of the lineups on that Converge tour and that I won't get to see any of the shows

David_Dovey · « **Reply #10 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 19:21 »

OK so actually listening to the whole album for the first time (I'd only heard their MySpace stuff previously) but based on that first track this is my Album of the Year already, no kidding.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 Jun 2010, 21:10 »

Sweet Jesus one song has boogie-woogie piano in it <3

negative creep · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 Jun 2010, 08:48 »

awesome!

snalin · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 Jun 2010, 16:59 »

STRANGLEHOLD

They've gotten 6/6 in the local papers, and deservedly so. They're also from Stavanger, the home town of the best rock band in Norway (well, at least best ompa-rock), Kaizers Orchestra. Rock or metal, that dialect is perfect for vocals.

NotAFanOfFenders · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 Jun 2010, 19:20 »

Stavangersk really is the coolest norwegian dialect.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 22:50 »

KVELERRRRRRTAAKKKKKKKKK

JD · « **Reply #16 on:** 28 Jun 2010, 22:56 »

Rad band

Lummer · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 Jun 2010, 03:16 »

Bought the album yesterday.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ROCKING OUT

Der Golem · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 Jun 2010, 16:08 »

David_Dovey · « **Reply #19 on:** 30 Jun 2010, 00:09 »

Some a y'all ding-dongs jockin' on Kvelertak might be into Chambers as well. Similar vibe, although not as fantastically executed. Still good fun though

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #20 on:** 01 Jul 2010, 18:06 »

Reminds me of Murder City Devils, but more krieg.

snalin · « **Reply #21 on:** 02 Jul 2010, 03:08 »

I bought the CD some days ago, and the stuff they've written inside the cover is AMAZING.

1. Ulvetid - Wolf-time: The wolves Skull and Hate swallows the moon and the sun. The following fimbulvinter destroys the land and sets of Ragnarok

2. Mjød - Mead: Odin kicks Suttung's ass in order to steal his magical Mead, and bestoves it onto Kvelertak

3. Fossegrim: The black magician of the forest, Fossegrim, teaches a young apprentice in the fine arts of el-guitarism. But not for free!

4: Blodtørst - Bloodthirst: The snake/king of Nielheim fests on the blood of dead men, while his army of snakes attempt to destroy the worldtree Yggdrasil

5. Offernatt (Sacrifice night): Screams echo through the forest. Knives have a thirst for blood. Thirteen men unleash the gates of Hell.

6: Sjøhyenar (havets herrer) - Sea Hyena (lords of the sea): Black beasts from the abyss with powers from hell eat men! Ugh!

7: Sultans of Satan: The Sultans of Satan ride their mighty steeds through earth, wind and fire hunting for Christ

8: Nekroskop - ? (Possibly a combinations of the words Nekrolog (Obituary) and Horoskop (Horoscope): An old book bound in Humanflesh summons an evil spirit that projects visions of madness and mayhem. Doom!

9. Liktorn - Corpsethorn (usually, I'd translate Liktorn with those little dead spots you can get under your foot or on your toes when dead flesh is compressed. It's a medical condition, couldn't find what it was named in English. This is a reference to the tale of Balder's death, where he is shot with a mistletoe, so I felt that a direct translation would be better): The halfgod Loke trics Balder's blind brother Hed into killing him. Balder is trapped in Helheim until the whole world mourns his death, which of course Loki refuses.

10. Ordsmedar av rang (Wordsmiths of rank): Tor, the god of lightning, chisels out lyrics with his mighty hammer (for Kvelertak) while beating up trolls.

11. Utrydd dei svake (Kill all the weak ("utrydde" means "make extinct", but can also be used about people)): Everyone except for Kvelertak is sent to Helheim to swin in rivers of wine!

Pretty awesome, pretty damn weird. Their conection to nordic mythology is pretty vauge - a bit of ironic distance to their material, which is good. Metal bands who dress up as Vikings and sing about Thor makes fools of themselves most of the time.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #22 on:** 02 Jul 2010, 03:28 »

For Nekroskop, would the skop part possibly work for whatever the Norwegian is for kaleidoscope/microscope/other kinds of scope? Because that seems to go with the visions of madness and mayhem part. But I don't speak Norwegian at all, yet.

snalin · « **Reply #23 on:** 02 Jul 2010, 03:41 »

Yeah, I thought of that, but the obituary-scope, as in some kind of combination of those two was a pretty awesome idea, so I picked that. Like a horoscope that only tells you how you will die.

Nodaisho · « **Reply #24 on:** 02 Jul 2010, 03:48 »

That's true. I was mostly guessing that because of the Overkill song (and album) Horrorscope. Even though come to think of it, that one is based off of horoscope by the lyrics.

spoon_of_grimbo · « **Reply #25 on:** 10 Aug 2010, 20:58 »

this album is the balls. sounds like turbonegro jamming with trap them. i have to stop listening to blodtorst in my car because it's going to be sole cause of my first speeding fine, i can just see it...

snalin · « **Reply #26 on:** 25 Aug 2010, 02:20 »

I'm unable to find the lyrics anywhere online. I guess that since they're Norwegian, the lyrics sites won't let you put them up, but still. Kvelertak has promissed to make their own site, maybe they'll post the lyrics there. Is anyone interested in getting a translation once the lyrics are available?

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #27 on:** 31 Aug 2010, 08:54 »

Kvelertak dancing naked onstage during Converge's set

(NSFW obviously)

David_Dovey · « **Reply #28 on:** 31 Aug 2010, 12:04 »

Further evidence for the "Jake Bannon is an overserious over-dramatic jerkoff" files

Lummer · « **Reply #29 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 00:04 »

He's still one hell of a frontman, though.

But, to be fair, that video is hilarious. It's just them being drunk-off-their-ass, butt-naked silly Vikings, and I can't help but love that.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #30 on:** 01 Sep 2010, 10:00 »

He's OK. He's basically got three or four moves that he repeats over and over again, and maybe he was one of the first guys to do 'em, they've all become kind of worn-out hardcore tropes by this point (i.e; mic into the crowd, pace in circles around stage, one foot on foldback mic held above head pointing down etc). It's way more interesting watching Nate or Ben, particularly because Ben just always has a big goofy grin on his face.

SWOON! at My Gravitas · « **Reply #31 on:** 05 Sep 2010, 06:03 »

I can picture him 50 years from now in an old folk's home, covered in saggy tattoos, trying to convince the other old folks that the stuff he did on stage was really awesome, but even they, knowing nothing of him or Converge or punk in general, know that it went old and stale a looooooong time before he did.

Cire27 · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 Sep 2010, 05:06 »

Nah, they'll be all "Yeah well how come I've never heard of you? Attack Attack! was a lot better!"

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