Kvelertak New Album And European Tour March 2013
NEW ALBUM ‘MEIR’ RELEASED MARCH 25TH 2013 WITH SINGLE: ‘BRUANE BRENN’ DUE JANUARY 27th
“Kvelertak is the shit. I can’t tell you how long I’ve waited for a band to create the perfect cross between Darkthrone and The Who. True Norwegian punk and roll…” Daniel P Carter – Radio 1 Rockshow
Kvelertak are back!!! The Norwegian titans return with their highly anticipated second album ‘Meir’ on 4th March 2013, supported by a European wide tour.
Once again, collaborating with Kurt Ballou of Converge, Kvelertak return with a highly charged, nonstop juggernaut of an album. From the explosively heavy first single, ‘Bruane Brenn’ to the slowed down guitar crunching powerhouse of ‘Evig Vandrar’ to the brutally chaotic ‘Nekrokosmos’ to the delightfully infectious ‘Trepan’, this is an album that certainly lives up to the hype and draws parallels to the anarchistic energy of The Sex Pistols and Guns N Roses.
‘Meir’ which means ‘More’ is exhilaratingly original. Tight rhythms, inventive guitar hooks and melodies that seep into your consciousness, this is an album that constantly surprises.
“It is both catchy and heavy; we’re pushing our limits in both ends of that spectre. It’s very varied and there are a lot of surprises in store. I mean, it’s unlike anything I myself have heard before, so we even managed to surprise ourselves, haha.” Erlend Hjelvik (Vocals)
“It’s kinda like the first one, but way MORE in every way. The big songs are bigger, the harder songs are harder, the poppy songs are poppier, and so on. I think we stretched the limits of what we could do within our realm, but not so much that it doesn’t sound unmistakably like Kvelertak. This is also the reason we went back with Kurt, to try out the new material in the context of more or less the same sound spectrum as the first one, so as to give it a bit of a continuous vibe, like a sequel if you will. But what matters is that it’s just as fucking shameless as the first one, if not more. I’m, really excited about it.” Bjarte Lund Rolland (Guitars)
Kvelertak will kick off their European tour in the UK on 5th November, and will visit UK, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and Poland before heading off to the their native Scandinavia for further shows.
The UK dates are:
Tuesday 5th March – The Talking Heads, Southampton
Wednesday 6th March – Club Academy, Manchester
Thursday 7th March – Corporation, Sheffield
Friday 8th March – O2 Academy2 , Newcastle
Saturday 9th March – Stereo, Glasgow
Monday 11th March – Oc Academy 3, Birmingham
Tuesday 12th March, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
Thursday 14th March – Electric Ballroom, Camden
Tickets are available at £12.00 subject to booking fee. Book through www.Ticketmaster.com
Kvelertak are Erlend Hjelvik, Vidar Landa, Bjarte Lund Rolland, Maciek Ofstad, Marvin Nygaard and Kjetil Gjermundrød
Praise for debut album ‘Kvelertak’
“Powerful punk rock and mighty metal from Norwegian newcomers” KKKK – Kerrang!
“Its rock, its hardcore, its metal, its black, its punk, its perfect”– Metal Hammer
“Everything about this record is big” – Big Cheese
“A triumphant racket…” – Terrorizer
“Rocks like a proper bastard” – Rocksound
‘Meir’ was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge. The album will be released March 25th 2013