Kreyskull
The Bird Of Bad Weather
Sliptrick Records
...And another band from Scandinavia that sounds like something from Sweden I recently reviewed and they are Fins actually so it should be good too...Let`s find out...
Cosmic Scavenger is an opening song for the album with very crushing, heavy guitars, slow pace and doomy atmosphere. I can hear a saxophone, very unusual but absolutely splendid to hear. The band played and fitted tracks of this instrument to the music superbly! They have a vocalist who can sing almost everything. He brings a lot of diversity into the music and he actually uses clean vocals with large spectrum of voice expressions...My early thesis is that this guy wins a lot of quality for the band and you just can`t go wrong with this type of singers, ever. The song is in mood of first four Black Sabbath albums, Candlemass but of course with their own ideas for a good song, modern sound and everything...
Lord Of The Zorg has fabulous leading riff, just in the beginning and they play a little faster but still very hard on guitars. A little none metal game in the middle of the song sounds like they look much further with music than just metal. I Have feeling that they warming up with each minute of the album and it`s all going for the best...
Third song is called Flying God Machine and again, with little Sabbath and maybe Pink Floyd music echoes in, and with very cool, melodic guitars, vivid and memorable. They basically have started to give me some answers for this album... With every song here they have something special in, whether it`s amazing riff or something catchy in music... Those moments just drifting in your head and blow your mind...
Next one - Return Of The Witch has a huge and really excellent, dynamic riffs with some Cathedral (The Garden of Unearthly Delights) influences going on. To say at least, Kreyskull is pumped by British hard rock/heavy metal, not just in this song but everywhere on the album. Acoustic guitars here do variety of melanges for the song and it`s just a fun to listen. It`s another track that is very strong individually, not just idea that the whole album is.
The All-Seeing Watchers has something of 70`s psychedelic rock like Led Zeppelin. They do just acoustic stuff here with drums and vocals. Another great song, no metal but this band really rocks on and kick ass with every aspect of music...
What I like about next, Chemical Wizard, it has some brave experiments on vocals and very fine patterns to it. Also, they create many epic, monumental moments and they just like to taste you with their ideas and asking me silent questions; do you like it, or do you reject it(?). There is always one thing you can`t take from them...They constantly want something happen to their music and they really know how to win your time for them...
7th Chamber has awesome guitar solos and they circle themselves with NWOBHM influences even stronger and deeper, good to have it tho. I would say they have a little more smooth edge in music around, thanks to their female backing vocalist who sings with pop manner.
Next stop is Spirit Train focused on heavier rhythms and dynamics. The song has interesting choirs, somewhere in the middle but in my opinion they have better songs here than this one...
Planet Zorg is the closing track that starts the song with obvious classical music. Another surprise that quickly turns into their melodic, organic sounding heavy metal style which they mix with cosmic doom metal throughout the album. Their guitarist who plays the solos, mastered them incredibly well and his parts are so entertaining at the same time.
It`s great, fantastic album with "Lovecraftian" front cover or so.
Line-up:
Kari A. Kilgast – Vocals
Saku Hakuli – Guitar
Timo “Dee” Karvonen – Drums
Pasi Hakuli – Bass
Guest appearances:
Sanna Pekonen – Vocals
Jyri Vanhala – Saxophone
Juuso Elminen – Keyboards
Pinja Lintonen – Violin
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added:07.11.2017
Cosmic Scavenger is an opening song for the album with very crushing, heavy guitars, slow pace and doomy atmosphere. I can hear a saxophone, very unusual but absolutely splendid to hear. The band played and fitted tracks of this instrument to the music superbly! They have a vocalist who can sing almost everything. He brings a lot of diversity into the music and he actually uses clean vocals with large spectrum of voice expressions...My early thesis is that this guy wins a lot of quality for the band and you just can`t go wrong with this type of singers, ever. The song is in mood of first four Black Sabbath albums, Candlemass but of course with their own ideas for a good song, modern sound and everything...
Lord Of The Zorg has fabulous leading riff, just in the beginning and they play a little faster but still very hard on guitars. A little none metal game in the middle of the song sounds like they look much further with music than just metal. I Have feeling that they warming up with each minute of the album and it`s all going for the best...
Third song is called Flying God Machine and again, with little Sabbath and maybe Pink Floyd music echoes in, and with very cool, melodic guitars, vivid and memorable. They basically have started to give me some answers for this album... With every song here they have something special in, whether it`s amazing riff or something catchy in music... Those moments just drifting in your head and blow your mind...
Next one - Return Of The Witch has a huge and really excellent, dynamic riffs with some Cathedral (The Garden of Unearthly Delights) influences going on. To say at least, Kreyskull is pumped by British hard rock/heavy metal, not just in this song but everywhere on the album. Acoustic guitars here do variety of melanges for the song and it`s just a fun to listen. It`s another track that is very strong individually, not just idea that the whole album is.
The All-Seeing Watchers has something of 70`s psychedelic rock like Led Zeppelin. They do just acoustic stuff here with drums and vocals. Another great song, no metal but this band really rocks on and kick ass with every aspect of music...
What I like about next, Chemical Wizard, it has some brave experiments on vocals and very fine patterns to it. Also, they create many epic, monumental moments and they just like to taste you with their ideas and asking me silent questions; do you like it, or do you reject it(?). There is always one thing you can`t take from them...They constantly want something happen to their music and they really know how to win your time for them...
7th Chamber has awesome guitar solos and they circle themselves with NWOBHM influences even stronger and deeper, good to have it tho. I would say they have a little more smooth edge in music around, thanks to their female backing vocalist who sings with pop manner.
Next stop is Spirit Train focused on heavier rhythms and dynamics. The song has interesting choirs, somewhere in the middle but in my opinion they have better songs here than this one...
Planet Zorg is the closing track that starts the song with obvious classical music. Another surprise that quickly turns into their melodic, organic sounding heavy metal style which they mix with cosmic doom metal throughout the album. Their guitarist who plays the solos, mastered them incredibly well and his parts are so entertaining at the same time.
It`s great, fantastic album with "Lovecraftian" front cover or so.
Line-up:
Kari A. Kilgast – Vocals
Saku Hakuli – Guitar
Timo “Dee” Karvonen – Drums
Pasi Hakuli – Bass
Guest appearances:
Sanna Pekonen – Vocals
Jyri Vanhala – Saxophone
Juuso Elminen – Keyboards
Pinja Lintonen – Violin
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added:07.11.2017
