Album
Type:
Full-length
Date
Released:
May 28th 2015
Label:
Self
Released
The
Whorelord Cometh - Track Listing:
1.The Whorelord
Cometh 09:35
2.No Brakes on the
Rape Train 09:07
3.Wargasm 09:48
4.Bear Destroyer
12:27
Members:
Alexander Mora -
Guitars & Vocals
Per Georg Krokstad -
Bass
Petter Haukaas –
Drums
Bio:
Hailing from the
glorious cesspit known as Oslo, Norway, Barbarian Fist is here to
make the world a little less civilized and a bit more foul smelling.
Consisting of equal parts downtuned fuzz guitar, used up riffs, and
sexual innuendo, this power trio strives to make music that will make
you less inclined to take a bath, more likely to ingest large amounts
of beer, as well as instantly grow a magnificent beard(regardless of
gender).
Review:
BARBARIAN
FIST. That would probably sum up this album perfectly in two words
that conjure a sonic pillaging of my eardrums. In the interest of
good reading I will expand however, I stand firm that this band name
is a very fitting description of what heard. The first track, “The
Whorelord Cometh” dropped the fuzz from the starting gate. Dirty
riff and heavy drum intro. This track sounds like a lost cut from
Sleep’s masterpiece Dopesmoker. This track has a great amount of
sludge but still enough speed to keep it heavy. The drums expand out
of the basic groove to deliver some nice tom fills that rise above
the swirling guitars.
Track
two…”No Brakes On The Rape Train”. Yep. Sounds just like that.
Once again, my obligation to a decent read leads me to write a few
words about this track. In my years of listening to heavy music, you
think I would have learned a few lessons. One of these lessons is
that when a track starts off with a lighter bluesy guitar intro,
DON’T TURN UP THE VOLUME. Well I did and then the band came in with
another sonic raid. I love bands with dynamics. Barbarian Fist knows
how to make this happen on a dime. This track is 9 minutes of
straight tone and dynamics.
“Wargasm”
follows suit with a track filled with the same assault into some
grooving heavy blues back into assault. “Bear Destroyer” comes in
with a drone of feedback and builds into several movements. This
track transitions to heavy swamp groove to tight blues riffs back to
a decreasing sludge outro.
Barbarian
Fist shows some great musicianship on this album but really hones in
on the tightness as a group. This album delivers a great lesson for
bands to remember that the sum of the parts is greater. The bass tone
is deep and filled with great lines. The guitar is full of variety
and ventures into some great tonal territory. The drums are driving
and use the whole kit to give that intensity that many heavy bands
have missing today. Combining of these elements, in a live tracked
album, show the band’s strengths residing in their collective
heaviness. Or I could sum up this band in two words…BARBARIAN
FIST.
Words
by Rick Fogarty
Thanks
to Barbarian Fist for the promo. The Whorelord Cometh is now
available to buy on DD/Vinyl from BandCamp now.
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