This trio from the Greater Reykjavik area formed in 2006 when they were all aged 12, but only got serious about things when they were 15 (!). They self released their debut album, and have now signed with Nuclear Blast for their second. I don’t know many Icelandic metal bands, but these guys surely stand out from the crowd not only because of their age but because of the style of music they play. Yep, Óskar Logi (guitar/vocals), Guðjón Reynisson (drums) and Alex Örn (bass) play Seventies metal that is heavily influenced by stoner and doom, not exactly the flavor of the month in many quarters, but I love it! Distorted guitar and fuzzed bass combined with powerful drumming and strong hooks makes this an album that has been sat on my player for quite a while. There is a real passion here, and a knowledge that this is totally genuine, nothing false, plastic or created about this. This album has also been made available as a limited first edition digipak, double album on 180g vinyl in various colours, and that would truly be the correct way to appreciate this. They have been touring with Grand Magus and I bet that was a show worth seeing, with these guys being well placed to upset the headliners.
Solid, powerful, great musicianship with strong production, retro metal rarely gets any better than this!
www.nuclearblast.de
