TRETTIOÅRIGA KRIGET

This debut from TRETTIOARIGA KRIGET shows a rather wild and agressive band that play hard and rough on their instruments respectively. The singer also has a very powerful voice but especially the bass is very raw (Wetton-like) and uses distortion from time to time. Other reviewers have rightly mentioned early RUSH as reference but also KING CRIMSON, URIAH HEEP, BLACK SABBATH, LED ZEPPELIN and CAPTAIN BEYOND can be compared to for the mood of TRETTIOÅRIGA KRIGET. Musically I think it's rather wreckless, they really want to break the boundaries and play their strange riffs and chords with great selfconfidence. They don't compromise on their own style. Yet, this becomes the album's only weak point: they sure have an original sound and play a complex kind of progressive rock with strange time-signatures and try out new ideas (this is IMO their proggiest album) - but the songs are not really good/catchy/strong/melodic. The production is also not that brilliant but music is after all what matters...