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Kvelertak - Meir



8 | 232 votes |
Release date: 25 March 2013
Style: Punk , Blackened hardcore

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193 have it
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01. Åpenbaring
02. Spring Fra Livet
03. Trepan
04. Bruane Brenn
05. Evig Vandrar
06. Snilepisk
07. Månelyst
08. Nekrokosmos
09. Undertro
10. Tordenbrak
11. Kvelertak

The Best Hardcore / Metalcore / Deathcore Album Of 2013

Additional info
Recorded at Godcity studios in Salem, Massachusetts, August-September 2012. Produced and mixed by Kurt Ballou.
Mastered by Alan Douches at WWSM.
Art by John Dyer Baizley.

Staff review by
Auntie Sahar
Rating:
7.8
It's pretty amusing when people try labeling black metal bands/fans as elitist, because these days that stereotype of the genre's bands and followers as striving to maintain that "trve and kvlt" attitude falls pretty easily when one just looks at the facts. In the past decade, black metal seems to have been branching out in all possible directions, incorporating seemingly any potential influences into the core of its traditional formula. Further testament to this increasing evolution comes in the form of Norway's Kvelertak, whose sound can best be described as some strange blackened pop punk of sorts. So as a disclaimer: if you're one of those people that think the aesthetics of black metal all boil down to corpsepaint, howling to the moon in ancient forests, and anti-Christianity, you'll probably want to go elsewhere. Otherwise, if you're someone like me who absolutely loves the ever-increasing creativity of the genre, then please continue.

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published 29.03.2013 | Comments (18)

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20.04.2012 - 05:17
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Yes yes and more yes.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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13.05.2012 - 19:40
s7mon
s7mon
Can't fucking wait.
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21.01.2013 - 18:26
Rating: 7
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
New track from forthcoming album:

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19.03.2013 - 08:34
Rating: 9
Sentenced Odiin
gothic.moorion@gmail.com
Listening right now to the streamed album and it is very impressive and asskicking (: |m|
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Life has given me much, maybe taken more...
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19.03.2013 - 12:38
Rating: 7
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
Not so divine as debut, but quite pleasant listen.
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24.03.2013 - 00:25
moe5512

On my first listen now, really good I must say, don't know yet if it's as good as the debut
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28.03.2013 - 19:48
Rating: 9
DelightfulJim

Nothing that will re-invent the wheel, but it has the same charm as the debut, so it's worth a listen to pretty much anyone in my books.
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28.03.2013 - 23:10
Rating: 8
qlacs
"The Quaker"
Good riffs, not as glorious as the debut but still a Kvelertak album. To me the weakest thing is the mixing became too bland...
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28.03.2013 - 23:26
Rating: 7
Unhealer
Eclecticist
Don't know if better, but it's more partier And I agree the mix is not really convincing, strange thing considering Ballou took care of it.
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09.05.2013 - 20:57
Rating: 9
Gelati

This isn't really an album you break down the intricacies of (that's not to say there aren't any as the hybrid of styles is uncanny and very well executed). "Meir", much like their debut, is just good old-fashioned, ass-kicking fun. It's infectiously catchy, brutal at times, but most importantly it's just a blast to listen to. Roll around town with the windows down and a few buddies rockin' out to this shit and you'd be appreciating it at its fullest. I'm usually rather "high brow" in my taste but this shit is just too fun not to enjoy :-) Can't wait for the shitshow thats gonna be Kvelertak and Cancer Bats!
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02.07.2013 - 18:23
Rating: 8
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
No other band manages to mix hardcore punk, hard rock and black metal in one melting pot to provide such a fine (and fun!) music. I liked their debut a bit more, but it might have been for the feeling of novelty. "Meir" didn't give a slap in the face, but this fact didn't prevent me from taking a great pleasure from listening to this album.
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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03.08.2013 - 21:26
Rating: 10
BloodJuNkie
Of Egypt
This album should be one of the "Top 20 albums of 2013"
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23.08.2013 - 16:50
Rating: 8
Kuroboshi

Well, the last three songs were pretty meh, but apart from them, really excellent! Not as good as the debut though. Just love that first song: "Kvelertak!!!"
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06.03.2014 - 02:38
Rating: 7
AngelofDeth
Cyborg Raptor
Definitely a step down from their amazing debut. Still a good listen but just doesn't have the magic of the first album.
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pewpew.. gotcha
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21.05.2014 - 22:54
Rating: 9
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Haven't heard such a catchy, upbeat album like this in quite a while. Åpenbaring gets me every time; such a fun track.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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24.12.2014 - 23:38
telephonebear
Account deleted
Three long tracks are amazing, first and last tracks are super fun, then theres spring fra livet, evig vandrar... god this albums good.
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10.02.2017 - 17:25
Rating: 8
Deadmeat
Necrobutcher
Much worse than their amazing debut. still decent.. Bruane Brenn and Månelyst are the songs i like the most...
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Υou've sold your human essence to the cold world of dead and empty things... You're SOLD!
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04.08.2023 - 04:25
Guib
Thrash Talker
Another beautiful cover art by John Baizley
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- Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff -
Guib's List Of Essential Albums
- Also Thrash Paradise
Thrash Here
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