Posts Tagged ‘Svart records’

Slussenanalys (Featuring Jussi Lehtisalo on guitar): Himlen mot helvete Video Released

Posted on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Himlen mot helvete, the new video from Slussenanalys, featuring Circle‘s Jussi Lehtisalo on guitar and Tuomas Laurila (drums), can be seen below. Culled off  their debut full-length, Aquila Helvetos Asfaltos, Slussenanalys proves that the most Swedish noise rock of today comes, surprisingly, from Finland.

The vivid images of decadence portrayed in Slussenanalys’ lyrics are rich in biblical symbolism and existential pondering, set to a musical score that equals the uneven hobbling of a hobo with a police bullet lodged in his leg. Vocalist-lyricist Esko Lönnberg paints a bleak, yet poetic picture of a Stockholm with no light and no future, while the band conjures a rocking wall of noise that leans towards the Chicago of the 80’s. It is a picture of a city where an immigrant child with a broken home is predestined to spend his days either on the street or behind bars, his nights filled with the sounds of breaking storefronts and the barking of police dogs, closer and closer.

The future seems dark for all involved in the stories of Aquila Helvetos Asfaltos, but despite the low expectations for a better future, the combination of the stories and the music manages to find nobility among human wreckage and hope in the shadows of the gray cubes of an urban maze of alcoholics and addicts. Slussenanalys aims to reverse the seemingly unending downward spiral, to rise above the smog and to let us bask in the light of pure inspiration.

Tags: Aquila Helvetos Asfaltos, circle, Ektro Records, Esko Lönnberg, Himlen mot helvete, Jussi Lehtisalo, Noise Rock, Slussenanalys, Svart records, Tuomas Laurila
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Album of the day: Pharaoh Overlord – Out Of Darkness (LP)

Posted on Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Praise for Pharaoh Overlord‘s Out Of Darkness from San Francisco’s aQuarius Records: Now on LP, this great PO album. Here’s what we said about the CD version when it came out a few months back, concurrently with Steel Mammoth’s Radiation Funeral. It’s “NWOFHM” in overdrive overload this week, with not ...read more

Hexvessel: I’m The Ritual Video Released

Posted on Thursday, November 24th, 2011

I’m The Ritual, the new video from Hexvessel, can be viewed below. The track comes off the band’s debut full-length, Dawnbearer, which is released via Svart Records. Directed by Justin Oakey, the visuals are a perfect match for the message the lyrics convey. Hexvessel has been confirmed for Roadburn 2012 on ...read more

Jess And The Ancient Ones: 13th Breath of the Zodiac Posted On Soundcloud

Posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2011

Hailing from Finland, occult rock newcomers Jess And The Ancient Ones have posted a track on Soundcloud.  The title-track  is culled from ther first 7″, 13th Breath of the Zodiac, out now on Svart Records.

Album of the day: Hexvessel – Dawnbearer

Posted on Sunday, May 29th, 2011

Here’s a gem released earlier this year that we neglected to share with our beloved Roadburn readers. Please excuse the oversight! Blame it on festival fever… Lovingly pinched from Avant-garde Metal: This album has been my subtle companion for a while now, caressing and soothing my soul at every spare ...read more