Kraaker - Musikk fra Vettenes Dom (2010)

Whenever we get any album that says “Experimental” we are thrilled. Since we usually review tons of ‘regular’ stuff we are always interested in listening to something new and different. The music presented by Kraaker on “Musikk fra Vettenes Dom” cannot be considered an experimental band, but rather a ‘traditional’ Norwegian Black Metal band with different tuning at times and nothing else.

However, Kraaker’s music is not bad at all. The band actually excels in creating powerful guitar driven melodies that do not sound like the million Black Metal clone bands we have on the scene these days. “Musikk fra Vettenes Dom” is actually a very solid first full-length for a band that shows substantial promise.

As we mentioned before, the riffing behind this album is very solid and powerful since the first track “I Sommerens Sol er de Brendt” the band quickly sets the tone for a powerful release. With a similarly powerful bass guitar line, the music features a very ‘metallic’ sound, achieved by the crystal-clear production behind this release.

The vocals are very raw and traditional, giving the band’s music that extra aggression needed. And if they did not had any vocals the album would still be very good since at points we didn’t even paid attention to the singing, while we enjoyed the music. The drumming was provided by their sound engineer and it’s very typical of a Black Metal release so there is not much to say about it.

Overall, Kraaker has a strong foundation to become a major player in the Black Metal scene if they get enough momentum behind them. We enjoyed every single song of this album because of its aggressive riffing that is well varied through the album. Limited to 500 copies, you better pick-up this release before somebody else does.

Release: 2010

Country: Norway