Band:	Trollfest
Album:	Kaptein Kaos
Style:	Folk metal
Release date:	March 28, 2014
A review by:	wormdrink414

01. Trolltramp
02. Kaptein Kaos
03. Vulkan
04. Ave Maria
05. Filzlaus Verkündiger
06. Die Grosse Echsen
07. Seduction Suit No. 21
08. Solskinnsmedisin
09. Troll Gegen Mann
10. Sagn Om Stein
11. Renkespill
12. Kinesisk Alkymi
13. Døden Banker På

Listening to Trollfest is kinda like getting a mead with your cotton candy in between rides on shitty, dangerous traveling carnival equipment. You might be "too old" for it all--this is basically a "for kids" sort of thing--and yeah all the parents with their boys and girls around you might look down on you for not doing more "adult stuff", but you're just having a good time. And this album is thoroughly a good time. Guaranteed to make you feel 12 again.

Trollfest kind of remind me of what Finntroll's hyperactive little brother would be like. Where Finntroll is ditching class, drinking schnapps in his pickup with upperclassmen and talking about getting laid, Trollfest is pulling fire alarms and running around in circles and making school administrators consider bringing back corporal punishment. It's like, meds haven't worked and his teachers want to put a leash on him, but they know he'd chew right through it if they did. Which is to say what they do is manic.

Their songs flip constantly through paces and folk melodies from various parts of the globe while the vocalist screeches in foreign and made-up languages. It's speedy, insane and inane stuff. Comparatively, where Finntroll seems more subtle and carefully paced like a Mario game or something along those lines, Trollfest is like Sonic the Hedgehog. Which is a good thing when it comes to these guys, it's what makes them different in a genre that houses Korpiklaani.

Trollfest play everything hard and loud. The overall sound might seem a little run-of-the-mill to you, but the boyish attitude and huge number of hooks here will keep you listening. It's a fun for fun's sake kind of deal.