{"id":4843,"date":"2016-06-02T13:07:25","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T17:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2016-06-20T14:04:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:04:31","slug":"kvelertak-nattesferd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/kvelertak-nattesferd\/","title":{"rendered":"Kvelertak <br>Nattesferd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kvelertak-nattesferd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4844\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kvelertak-nattesferd.jpg\" alt=\"Kvelertak, Nattesferd\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kvelertak-nattesferd.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kvelertak-nattesferd-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>One of the more discouraging trends of 21st century music has undoubtedly been the increased deconstruction of metal into nth degree sub-genres. It was much easier to be a strident aficionado of hard rock when signifiers\u2014be they thrash, doom, or stoner\u2014were simple. Where once the metal legion at large identified as outsiders or the misunderstood, it has now split into myriad factions that have made it not only harder to seek them out, but harder to relate. The casual fan is not going to form an allegiance to one specific melodic death metal or djent band based solely on genre tags. After all, the music just has to be enjoyable, cathartic or, at the very least, elicit an emotional response.<\/p>\n<p>Norway\u2019s Kvelertak, whose name translates to \u201cstranglehold,\u201d posit that metal\u2014much like punk\u2014is more an attitude than a particular sound, even when the themes and lyrics are presented in the band\u2019s native tongue. As such, Kvelertak reassemble multiple pieces of the metal mosaic for its modern sound. Following a long line of Nordic pranksters like the Hellacopters and Turbonegro, Kvelertak also exaggerate cliches and aren\u2019t ashamed to clip from outside sources if a certain riff fits.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s certainly the case with their third album, <i>Nattesferd<\/i> (Roadrunner Records). While it may be rooted in the black metal tropes of their much more serious ancestors, the album draws from unlikely sources such as Stevie Nicks\u2019 \u201cEdge of Seventeen\u201d in the launch of \u201cSvartmesse.\u201d Elsewhere, there are plenty of tricks culled from Thin Lizzy (dual guitars), Aerosmith (schmaltzy blues bombast), and Motorhead (perhaps black metal\u2019s closest descendant) to accent what is already a formidable sound. However, if there is one influence to which <i>Nattesferd<\/i> is most indebted, it is Van Halen and the cocksure, prismatic work of that band\u2019s namesake guitarist. A blacklight poster replete with wizards, Trans Ams, and bong smoke in song form, \u201c1985\u201d is the catchiest single Kvelertak have recorded yet. Singer Erlend Hjelvik growls his way through the Norwegian verses, creating a melodic anthem that might have fallen towards din in the hands of lesser contemporaries.<\/p>\n<p>While <i>Meir<\/i>, Kvelertak\u2019s 2013 sophomore record, was more immediate and better suited as a gateway into the band\u2019s party-vibe maximalism, with <i>Nattesferd<\/i> the band has evolved. Those \u201970s and \u201980s touchstones that draw on the nostalgic and familiar are countered with a keen awareness of adventure and trance-like repetition. \u201cHeksebrann\u201d is a nine-minute epic, sprawling like Rush but never veering into prog bloat, while the title track, which translates to \u201cNight Journey,\u201d features a riff barrage that could also double as some kind of futuristic biker road mantra. With many of metal\u2019s micro-genres crammed in, the takeaway is that Kvelertak may sound like a lot of things, but no one on Earth sounds like Kvelertak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the more discouraging trends of 21st century music has undoubtedly been the increased deconstruction of metal into nth degree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[34,1747,1748],"class_list":["post-4843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-review","tag-kvelertak","tag-roadrunner-records"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kvelertak Nattesferd - The Agit Reader<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/kvelertak-nattesferd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kvelertak Nattesferd - The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of the more discouraging trends of 21st century music has undoubtedly been the increased deconstruction of metal into nth degree\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/kvelertak-nattesferd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Agit Reader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAgitReader\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-02T17:07:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-06-20T18:04:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/kvelertak-nattesferd.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kevin J. 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