When Ivar Nikolaisen, the new singer with Norwegian berserkers Kvelertak, told Kerrang!, “I know it sounds boring, but I’ve never felt the need to make music,” his words actually turned out to be more revolutionary than maybe he intended. The idea that someone would incur, full-time, the dizzying highs and routine lows – roughly 20 per cent of the former, 80 per cent of the latter – of being a professional musician without having first felt an insatiable itch to do so is not only a notion that raises intrigue, but is just one of the many alluring qualities of this most original of bands. It doesn’t hurt either that Ivar has a backstory to burn. Prior to joining Kvelertak, the lithe and likeable frontman worked in construction in the thick of the Norwegian winter, while his home life i...
The Dusk in Us
1.A Single Tear 2.Eye of the Quarrel 3.Under Duress 4.Arkhipov Calm 5.I Can Tell You About Pain 6.The Dusk in Us 7.Wildlife 8.Murk & Marrow 9.Trigger 10.Broken By Light 11.Cannibals 12.Thousands of Miles Between Us 13.Reptilian
