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Kólga - Black Tides



6.6 | 20 votes |
Release date: 29 March 2024
Style: Black metal, Blackened surf rock

Owners:

2 have it


01. Space Beach Massacre
02. Squall Of Cthulhu
03. Tethys
04. Riptide
05. Endless Bummer
06. Is This Real?
07. The Kraken

Line-up
Jacob Price - synthesizers, organ, claps
Jason Mullins - guitars, vocals, theremin, claps
James Magruder - guitars, castanets, waterphone, claps
Zach Jobin - drums, gongs, glockenspiel, guiro, tambourine, samples, claps
Aaron Gonzalez - bass, gongs, waterphone, claps

Additional info
Engineered and produced by Billy Anderson.
Mastered by Justin Weiss.

Cover artwork by Joseph Harmon.

Staff review by
RaduP
Rating:
N/A
Remember those "original Trve Kvlt surf music" vids on YouTube of surf music versions of black metal? What if a band did that for an entire record, but with original music?

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published 09.04.2024 | Comments (4)

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03.03.2024 - 17:55
Starvynth
i c deaf people
Staff
Blackened surf rock - huh?

My first thought was that this is probably just some untalented joke band, but looking at the lineup (half the crew from Dead To A Dying World plus Cleric's drummer), they probably mean it seriously. The first song is up and it gives grounds for optimism that this will be fun.
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03.03.2024 - 23:47
Rating: 8
M C Vice
ex-polydactyl
Written by Starvynth on 03.03.2024 at 17:55

Blackened surf rock - huh?

My first thought was that this is probably just some untalented joke band, but looking at the lineup (half the crew from Dead To A Dying World plus Cleric's drummer), they probably mean it seriously. The first song is up and it gives grounds for optimism that this will be fun.

Take away the distortion, and black metal has some similarities with surf rock.
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"I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets."
"I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples."
" 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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Album Release day (March 29, 2024)
29.03.2024 - 15:26
Rating: 6
AJ The Great
Written by M C Vice on 03.03.2024 at 23:47

Written by Starvynth on 03.03.2024 at 17:55

Blackened surf rock - huh?

My first thought was that this is probably just some untalented joke band, but looking at the lineup (half the crew from Dead To A Dying World plus Cleric's drummer), they probably mean it seriously. The first song is up and it gives grounds for optimism that this will be fun.

Take away the distortion, and black metal has some similarities with surf rock.

Shame they don't really take advantage of it. As far as fusion genres go, it's too basic and straightforward.
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31.03.2024 - 09:17
Rating: 7
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
I see this band having a lot of potential. I mean, this is a style which sounds extremely odd on paper but they actually make it work here, the songwriting definitely has room for improvement as some tracks seem a tad too short and rushed, maybe this release would have been better suited as an EP perhaps?
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10.04.2024 - 18:27
Vombatus
Potorro
i'm a huge fan of trve kvlt svrf mvsic but this didn't feel quite right. too disjoint and erratic, doesnt have the fun edge of classic bm tracks turned surf rock.
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