Artist: KVIKKSOLVGUTTENE
Title: Krieg
Year of Release: 1997
Label: Head Not Found
Format: CD
HNF released a lot of crap, but this is not to suggest that they always got it wrong, and a perfect case in point is this here release by Kvikksolvguttene. Most easily described as 80's black/death metal with punk overtones, this relatively obscure platter featured Necrobutcher from Mayhem and according to Encyclopedia Metallum two other former members of Mayhem... from the post Maniac/Manheim era, but before Dead and Hellhammer.
I love that this record is really bass heavy, and the general demeanour of it has a very 'do what thou will' sort of approach. Lots of black humour running through its veins, but never funny, the band manage to tread the realms of coming across almost as a joke and being completely overblown. Rumours at the time of release suggested that the cover was considered so extreme that the printers in Norway or Germany (whichever it was) didn't want to print it. Obviously someone did as it came out, so... the other rumour is that the band's drummer, who was also in Vomit, is now a born again christian. Perhaps the hilarity of lines like 'and I know that you are dead, when my penis has turned red...' was wasted on him?
Includes a cover of Ghoul by Mayhem, and some other very catchy tunes. I would strongly recommend this one to fans of old Mayhem, Witchmaster and bands of that ilk.
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