Solbrud – ‘Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn’ [Album Review]

Eisenwald records did Danish black metal outfit Solbrud no favours in releasing the album promo of Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn as audio-only: the visuals accompanying the physical release are nothing short of spectacular and their absence is the primary reason why I have taken so long to deliver my feedback on this noteworthy accomplishment. At face value, you see, Levende I Brønshøj Vandtårn is a fairly stodgy affair, over-endowed with cavernous reverb and fuzzy production, but even the faintest air of context alters this perception entirely: first, this is not a studio album, but a live recording. Second, what a setting for a live recording. Just listening to the record doesn’t adequately convey the space or the setting: the Brønshøj Water Tower outside Copenhagen, a brutalist monument b...

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