NEWS
2020/11/19
It’s impossible not to have high expectations for Erlend Hjelvik’s solo debut. He was the original vocalist in Kvelertak, the irrepressible young Norwegians who mashed together black metal and rock’n’roll to make one of the most explosive and inventive debuts in metal this millennium and went on to tour with huge names like Metallica. It came as a surprise, then, when he chose to leave the fold in 2018 after three albums, but now he’s forging his own path, and swapping his owl headpiece for a cape. The cover art of Welcome To Hel was designed by Joe Petagno, who also created Motörhead’s Snaggletooth logo, and screams classic metal homage: from snakes and swords to skulls with glowing eyes, all set against a night sky cracking with lightning. Hjelvik indeed mines the metal vaults for i...
