I can’t stand it any more. I tried to hold off writing anything about this song or this band until I could finish a review of their forthcoming album, but that lasted less than 24 hours. It’s almost like if I don’t share the experience, then it didn’t happen. There’s bound to be some kind of clinical term for this type of blogging sickness.
Anyway, the band is Thunderkraft, and they’re from the Ukraine. The album is called Totentanz. It will be released on April 2 in Western Europe, but on March 12 in the rest of the world, by a label called Svarga Music. It’s the band’s second album, but the first one dates all the way back to 2005 (The Banner of Victory). Yesterday, Blistering.com premiered the first song from the new album: “The Creator of Life”. I checked it out, and it transfixed me like a deer in the headlights.
The band’s name rang a faint bell, and so I searched my e-mail messages — and lo and behold discovered that a PR shop had sent me a download link for the whole album. I know that makes me sound stupid, but we now get so many promos every day from PR outfits, labels, and bands that I’m unable to explore all of them. Plus, I’m stupid.
Here’s a description of the Thunderkraft musical style based on “The Creator of Life”; it will probably make you wonder, “how dis work?”: Ukrainian industrial folk death black metal with bagpipes, pulverizing riffs, compulsive rhythms, orchestral synths, yelled/cracked/growled vocals, squealing guitar leads, and a memorable folkish melody. It’s like The Monolith Deathcult made babies with Arkona, and Dimmu Borgir delivered the mutated offspring. By the way, I think there’s some Tuvan-style throat-singing in the mix, too.
It’s catchy as the common cold and more fun than a bag full of pissed-off wolverines. Check it out and spread it like crotch rot:
“The Creator of Life”
[audio:https://www.nocleansinging.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/09-The-Creator-Of-Life.mp3|titles=Thunderkraft-The Creator Of Life]Even though I’ve now spoiled about half of what I would say in a review, I’ll try to write one anyway.
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Hmm, I wish the folk elements were less prominent and only a compliment. I adore Arkona (only pagan/folk band I enjoy) but the plodding folk melody makes it unremarkable at best.
Kevin Killjoy.
It’s good to be picky. It means what you like is primo quality. Not just another flapjack on the stack 🙂
Found Thunderkraft – A Crumpled Story on youtube a couple of weeks ago, and have been playing it ever since.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLVs5ScACw4&feature=related
Oh my. This is even weirder than “Creator of Life”, but dang me, I dig this too.
It’s not tickling my jiggly bits. It’s too busy and sounds like everything is fighting against each other instead of working together.
Two out of 3 meh comments. I now haz sads.
Sums up my thoughts pretty well. Some of the individual elements were catchy, but it just doesn’t come together at all.
I’m beginning to think my mind is even less orderly than I thought it was. I guess because I liked each of the elements of the song individually, I liked all of them put together, whereas it seems to be striking most people in this Comment section as just a mishmash.
I didn’t love it, but I think I liked it more than Ben and Kevin. Though since I only inhabit your mind, and not theirs, it’s hard to say….
You’re only a part-time inhabitant. If you were up in here all the time, you’d be loving this like an erect octopod.
Wait, so, like, I have dual citizenship between TWO crazy countries????
I live in Islander’s head half the time and Japan the other half the time?????
This explains so much…
I think you need to live in me more and live in Japan less.
I’m not loving it. The elements are just too disparate. It feels like they just tried to mash as many musical styles together without a lot of care for how they sound together.
More sads. You clearly don’t live in my head enough.
I dig it, ish. Defintely seeing what sticks on the wall, but it’s cool! The cover made me think it would be, like Bolt Thrower
Dig-ish is better than moar meh. I am less sads.
I’m pretty sure the only thing I didn’t hear in that mix was the kitchen sink. Then again, maybe I missed it amongst all the other clatter. Still, not bad, just weird.
I think you’re probably right about this track, but I hear there’s a kitchen sink solo on one of the album’s earlier songs.