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Katastrof
Katastrof

Beach Impediment (2017) Nathan G. O'Brien

Katastrof – Katastrof cover artwork
Katastrof – Katastrof — Beach Impediment, 2017

Oh Jesus Christ fuck yeah! It’s been a minute since I checked in on Scandi-core, a genre that at one time ruled my turntable. These days it has to be top shelf to grab my attention, and, well, when the lead singer of Totalitär teams up with the guitar player from Herätys you’ve got my attention.

Drop the needle on this one and let the blaze burn through your cranium like a Dinobots clear cutter parting a forest of sequoias for Kang the Conqueror to come eat your babies. That last sentence won’t make any sense to the layperson, or, perhaps, to anyone, so here’s a list of references and then we can move on: Ghost Rider, Transformers, Mein Fuhrer Trump’s plan to open up the Giant Sequoia monument to logging, Avengers, Evil Eyes, and I guess to some extent, cannibalism. Now that I’ve written 141 words about nothing, I should maybe say something about these songs…

They are all very good. The end.

Katastrof – Katastrof cover artwork
Katastrof – Katastrof — Beach Impediment, 2017

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