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T K 's second album seems also the easier one to acquire since I have never seen the others in shops. War Songs is the translation of this album and it is a rather fitting name for such a raw and somber record even if the album is definitely more "refined/subtle" both in songwriting and in production, compazred to its predecessor. But this album still sounds the typical TK sound, somewhere between the ultra-heavy and the progressive. If you are not well-acquainted with the group, you will get a slap in the face, with the guitar strings leaving an imprint in your brains, but chances are that you could feel repulsion upon the first listen (hopefully this review will prevent or at least warn of that danger) or even wondering how this can be prog. Fear not: this is!! And of course the side-long heavy (and I mean HEAVYYY;-) title track, full of mellotrons and jazz twists is a rather unique example of prog, even if not that much my cup of tea, I will admit.

T K is a guitar dominated group with Mellotrons to soften up the aggressive nature of the music. Right from the first bass note of the opening track, you know you will be in for a rough ride. Of the six tracks of the original album , clearly the highlight is the 17 min+ title track Krigssangs 2. The singer Zima is an Austrian singing in Swedish, makes you think of Ian Gillan (Purple) but delivers his vocals in an Italian fashion.

It appears that some releases have different track listings, the one above omitting the Mitt Mirakel as track four (lenght 3 min 30). The three bonus tracks are live tracks (one from the debut album) from their first UK tour as is evident from the title On Going to England. Apparently here also , the tracks are different from which re-issue you have. Mine is the Mellotronen label (Anglagard was also released on this one ) and the cat # is CD002.

TK was probably Sweden's most singular 70's group in terms of "conventional prog" (as opposed to progg) and most likely will remain relatively unique soundwise. Although in some artistic way highly successful, they will lose their contract with Epic records, because of the commercial side and if TK will rebound by forming their own label (Mistlur), things will never be really the same, with their two remaining records not on par with their first two albums.

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