Showing posts with label Massgrav. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Massgrav. Show all posts

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Massgrav - Stockholm Rockers

Finally our Swedish rock warriors took a break in the systematic absorption of beer! They have gone to the recording studio and recorded 24 lovely ballads. Officially this album will be out in the end of October, but we were lucky to listen to it before that date. Honestly I must say, I had to make some minor preparations (before I start listen and write.I bought six-pack of beer and some smokes,haha! First bottle is opened! Well, first of all I feel that I should write something about this strange cover picture. It's strange because previously guys used real art. Just look at this closely… This band photo reminds me old rock days when all band had the same cover. Just band photo and logo (super minimalism isn’t it?)I guess the boys tried to make their own variant of Abba, the Who or Beatles covers, haha. Okay I just opened my 2nd bottle and... Fast, fun, dynamic here are just a few words that I believe can describe this band and this album. Also I catch some noticeable changes in this rock n roll mess. The 3rd bottle. First of all Massgrav started to use more Crust Punk pieces in their crazy alco grind/fastcore. Also I find great rock n roll moments too (especially in the feel of the guitar riffs and solos). But apart from these moments it`s our old and mad Massgrav. This album is charged with a ton of frenzied energy and fun ferocity. And of course I need to notice that all instruments sound pretty clean and loud. 4th one, bottle is almost empty! "Stockholm Rockers" is swarming with great guitar sound and riffs, which are simple but catchy. Johan, did good work! Fifth bottle, haha! Olas yelling is so loud and insane, haha! Also his fast fingers skillfully managed the bass guitar (I really love that crisp and clanking sound of thick strings). And of course I couldn’t avoid to write a few words about Fenok's drums. That guys is a pretty talented man, he really feels the whole game. His simple rock beats and brutal blast beats fit perfectly! Well my last bottle is almost done… What more can I say? This album cheered me up and brings a drunk smile on my face.
Rating: 8/10 Massgrav fb Official site

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Kronofogden & Massgrav (Blindead Productions)

Oh, I love this kind of splits here that come from one source (I mean place). Here the Swedes have shown what they are capable of. The formula is very simple: 2 Swedish groups and 1 Swedish label. The result is a strong release in blood red vinyl.
Swedish crust punks Kronofogden are the ones who start up this frantic party. I was looking at what is shown on their side of the cover - it looked very familiar to me. After some time I realized that, it reminds me of the drawings on the albums of Broken Bones!) Unfortunately the side of these comrades is very short, only three tracks, for me personally it was not enough. Because they play great, groovy crust punk with a variety of vocals and wonderful d-beat. In the end, guys put the rest of the energy and aggression into «Flokad», the last, but very good track! I could not figure out anything at all by looking at their lyrics, damn that Swedish, ahah!
But with those beer warriors from Massgrav I have been familiar for quite some time now. I always liked that powerful aggression which they push into their songs. Now can you imagine my surprise when I heard these tracks. Guys diluted their speed with a good portion of punk. Especially this is heard in the song «Du fattar ingenting», the energy of 80's punk, back vocals and solos on one string, ahah! It was very cool! But the next song takes us back to the roots, to the excellent fastcore (its explosive energy perfectly suits their cover art).
I can just add the fact that this split gives some great positive emotions. I wish there would be more of that kind of shit out there.

Rating: 8/10    Kronofogden   Massgrav  Blindead prod

Monday, January 5, 2015