Aside from the jumpy punkpop and acoustic touching Top 40 ballads, there’s a vulnerability and sadness and dark underbelly to the chipper, jangly threesome.
Splatter punk energy like a sprinkler run amok, heave chunks of rock-solid concrete like beefy-brutes, solo chaotically like Angus and the Nuge once did.
Sounds like someone listened to too much of Death’s Symbolic, to the point where their annoyed family members slipped in The Gathering when no one was looking.
Elements of a lot of what’s so good about metal, while some might criticize cuz their influences are right upfront where you can get a good, strong whiff,
Originally simple, raw and shitty-sounding like classic ’80s greats, then becoming ever-more complex before falling for that Goth metal thing a few years ago.
Distantly-produced black metal from Norway that never got to the big time. A good opening band for the greats, ripping beats, full of Viking rage and pride.