{"product_id":"altari-kroflueldar-red-vinyl-lp","title":"Altari - Kroflueldar - Red Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBBV Direct Import - 1 Per Customer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFire and brimstone from Icelandic Black Metal band \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAltari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as their volcanic new album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKröflueldar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e erupts via \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSvart Records\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on 14.04.23. Named after a series of eruptions that happened at Krafla in Iceland in 1975, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKröflueldar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e represents the constant threat of ash that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAltari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s music lives under. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKröflueldar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a 9 year series of eruptions, and since the album took almost 9 years to create, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAltari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e felt that it was a fitting title for their scalding and ferocious music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeathspell Omega\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlut Aus Nord\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the more well known Icelandic Black Metal bands like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMisþyrming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinmara\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will revel in digging into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKröflueldar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s rotten soil, but there is something far more experimental and avant-garde to be reaped within the whirlwind of sound that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAltari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e produces. With their foundations of sound in the classic eras of early \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudas Priest,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e songs like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeðurblo?kufjandinn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e call to mind the discordant soundclash of bands like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoivod\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and even \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonic Youth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the interplay of melody and disharmony. The bewildering, but utterly charming frenzy of taking the raw sound of metal to the limits breaks through from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAltari\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’s literal geological location in a landscape in constant upheaval. Guitarist and Vocalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eÓ.Þ.Guðjónsson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e notes that; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“bands such as \u003cb\u003eBlue Öyster Cult\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eInterpol\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eKilling Joke\u003c\/b\u003e were a big inspiration for us as well for the use of clean guitars as the sound for leads. I expressed a desire to find some balance between the overdriven rhythm and melodic yet clean leads. These bands helped us find that.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is through these uncommon and almost blasphemous influences that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAltari \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproves to be a rare gem in the much vaulted Icelandic Black Metal crown, giving \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKröflueldar \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe dna of a band that feels they have so much potential and fervor brewing up in their molten kiln. Tracks like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSy?rulu?ður\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with the vocals of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGyða Margrét \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eare as delicate and subtle, cloaked in smoky atmosphere, as they are dark and brooding, giving hints of bands like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Mortal Coil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCocteau Twins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuðjónsson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e states that the intention was an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“overall desire for us to get away from the sound that has been a gateway for others here in the scene” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethey imbued \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKröflueldar \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith a beguiling essence that’s hard to pin down, but magnetically unique. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe co-production work of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Lockhart, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea staple of the Icelandic Black Metal scene and sound, is of quality but something very different from his signature work, born from what \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuðjónsson \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003edescribes as a need for a “new sonic approach,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKröflueldar’\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003es sonic eruptions, from the low earthy rumblings to the cacophonic and epic high notes, feels thoroughly worked but raw enough to be unsettling in the new ground it uncovers. Svart Records head honcho \u003cb\u003eTomi Pulkki\u003c\/b\u003e expands on the reasons behind his new signing, saying that; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e“I found their approach refreshingly idiosyncratic in the way it mixes cleaner sounds with distortion. 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