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I have to red-facedly admit that I managed to forget my current favourite band in my last blog. I have no idea what I was thinking, but this is a correction/addition to the oversight in my previous post.
Kvelertak
You should have at least have heard this name, unless you have genuinely been living under a rock somewhere. As far as I can make out, Kvelertak are current media darlings (at least in the metal press), and for good reason. This is a band that not only grabbed me by the throat and forced ne to take notice, but one that single-handedly rekindled the passion that I haven’t felt for music since my formative years. I know it sounds over the top, and completely exaggerated, but it really isn’t. From the opening second of their new (and unbelievably, debut) album, to the very last chord, I was totally awestruck. It made me feel like I was 14 again, and just discovering music. Kvelertak are the most important band in my world right now, and I literally can’t go a day with listening to them. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that is so special about them, other than merely stating that they have “it”, the “X-factor”. Musically, they wear their influences on their sleeve, but they are far more than merely the sum of their parts...taking in punk, hard rock, black metal and a myriad of styles along the way, they are a truly absorbing experience. Realistically, however, I know that many (if not, most) people won’t get the same feeling as I do from them, as that is the very nature of music, and the thing that makes it so special...it is individual, unique to you or me, and that is why the experience we all get from music can never be replaced or fully appreciated by anybody else. Anyway, after all that understatement, here’s a track to get your teeth (ears, surely?) into.
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