KVELERTAK – Premiere New Song

Norwegian rockers KVELERTAK have unleashed another song from their forthcoming album, Splid, due out February 14. The new track “Fanden Ta Dette Hull” can be streamed above.

“In Stavanger city museum, there used to be a exhibition in the basement called ‘Crooked Animals and Smiling Skeletons,'” the band says. “The story behind this name is pretty simple. Most of the skeletons are as old as the museum. They had, after so many years, become crooked and it looked like they were smiling. The first thing you could see was a skeleton of ‘Homo Sapiens’ and it was a real skeleton of a man who grew up in my neighborhood in the 19th century. This guy was buried last year, in 2019. ‘Fanden Ta Dette Hull’ is the story of his life. And what a life!”

“Norwegian “black ‘n’ roll” sextet Kvelertak (“Chokehold”) was formed in 2007 in Stavanger, Norway’s third city and home to several popular gothic metal bands. Kvelertak’s sound could not have been more different, however. Fusing the raw punk ‘n’ roll sound pioneered by the likes of Turbonegro with the harsh, shrieking fury of black metal was not a new idea — it had already been done with great success by fellow Norwegians Satyricon — but this was arguably the first time it had been attempted by a band of “regular guys” not already grounded in the black metal idiom. An early demo, Westcoast Holocaust, and steady touring earned them a devoted fan base, and in 2010 they released their eponymous debut album.” – All Music