Album Review: Kvelertak - Nattesferd

Never one for the purists, Kvelertak's collision of punk and black metal was a bizarrely euphoric phenomenon on debut back in 2010.

The follow-up failed to capitalise on their breakthrough, but Nattesferd opens with the adrenaline overdose of Dendrofil For Yggdrasil, before easing into some comparatively easy, proto-metal rockers, a possible signpost to Kvelertak's future as they discharge many of their finest riffs to date. Despite the retro direction, vocalist Erlend Hjelvik clearly shows no intention of giving up his black metal style howling, which should make for some wild times down in the front row.