Album Type:
Album
Date Released:
21st
November 2014
Nelly Olsen –
S/T – Track Listing
1.Disharmonious Sun
11:16
2.Nightwolf
Schizophrene 07:20
3.Self-Deception
12:01
4.Devil's New Boots
05:51
Bio
Nelly Olsen, a doom
power-trio from Leipzig, Germany, have just released their first LP
on SM-Musik and Negation Records. Founded in 2011, these guys have
put a lot of effort in producing a massive riff based Heavy
Metal/Stoner/Doom-mixture, that expands the usual
pentatonic/blues-scheme by blending epic melodies and one or another
Post Rock-part.
As if the deserts of
Sky Valley had mated with Icelandic Prog Rock.
Review:
Nelly
Olsen – Wasn't she a character from Little House On The Prairie. I
was a bit sceptical of a band naming themselves after a character
from a crappy tv show from my childhood. Though I decided to give
them a shot and wasn't I pleasently surprised.
This
Nelly Olsen is a rather bleak Stoner/Doom Metal Trio from Germany
that creates a hypnotic blend of Doom, Stoner, Psych and even
Post-Rock for one highly captivating and intelligent ride. Their S/T
debut album runs for 37 minutes but within that time they have
created some haunting moods with bleak vocals to match. Imagine a
trippier version of Pelican jamming with Kyuss. Now if that doesn't
intrigue you then I don't know what will.
Opening
track – Disharmonious Sun – plays out like a classic Generator
Party with the end of the world in sight. It feels all the worlds
stoners, droners and doom-heads would meetup for one gigantic musical
party with Nelly Olsen playing in the background. It's fast paced
sombre affair that shows what Nelly Olsen are all about. As I have
said it's a rather bleak and trippy affair that has a ton of great
Stoner Metal riffs to check out.
Second
track – Nightwolf Schizophrene – carries on the mysterious bleak
atmosphere with creepy moments starting to show with the unsettling
bass guitar only adding to the creepy vibe. It has a more lo-fi sound
commpared to the opening track though Nelly Olsen add excellent
vocals to the mix. The song feels it was created in the 70s as the
track feels it's being discovered for the first time by modern day
audiences. It's a great track to prove how versatile and creative
Nelly Olsen actually are.
I
don't want to spoil the rest of the album for you with the remaining
two tracks – Self-Deception and Devil's New Boots. Let me say if
you dig the first two tracks then the 2nd half of the
album is even more powerful and stunning than the first half. Nelly
Olsen unleash more creepier and isane riffs to prove these guys are
worth giving a damn about. Light up your favourite BONG then worship
and bow down to NELLY OLSEN. A power trio with balls and menace to
match.
Words
by Steve Howe
You
can buy Nelly Olsen S/T album on BandCamp Buy Now and Vinyl from
Negation Records now.
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