| Written by Alex Stojanovic TRACK LISTING Rundpult Twister Synth Og Sigvert Utpult Instascum Skyt Folk Pa Spæll Lættøl Og Wienerbrød She Pa Folk (A Fa Noia) 90% Alenemødre Nav E Tøff Motefrik Silkehansken For Alltid Gjeld Released: December 1, 2017 Label: Unsigned Website: www.husmanskost.bandcamp.com |  |
HUSMANSKOST IS:
John Åge Olsen - Vocals Kai Andre Kofoed - Guitars Niklas Grimsmo - Drums
John Åge Olsen - Vocals Kai Andre Kofoed - Guitars Niklas Grimsmo - Drums
Norwegian grind band Husmanskost was founded in 2015 as an experiment. To date, they have released two albums and their latest album Rundpult just came out in December. Right from the first song, it was quite clear that the band's biggest influence is Napalm Death, mixed with death and thrash metal. The songs are short with the shortest song being 1:02 and the longest being 3:48. Every track begins with a spoken audio track either from a video or movie, before launching into a wall of sound with blast beats and rampaging riffs and vocals. I will say that I found the sampled audio tracks a little weird, but I did laugh when I heard that the audio track at the start of "Skyt Folk Pa Spæll" was from the YouTube video "Angry German Kid". Anyone remember that video? That was the only sample I was familiar with.
However, the unfortunate thing about this album is that just about every track sounds similar to the previous, so as a result, it was pretty difficult for me to enjoy the album fully because as certain songs started, I felt like I was listening to a repeats of some of the other tracks. This is one of the reasons why I don't really listen to grind because it's very limiting and I'm a bigger fan of variety. I love my extreme metal, but when there's variety to be found, it makes the album much more enjoyable, and sadly, things got rather boring after 3 songs on Rundpult. As Glenn Fricker has said: "If you're playing full-on all the time, you've got nowhere to go, and things get real stale real fast."
I listened to this album a few times and the only highlights I could find were the last two tracks: "Silkehansken" and "For Alltid Gjeld". These two seem like the more dynamic tracks with a little more variation, as opposed to the other tracks that were blazing all the way through and felt rehashed, because while they had the blast beats and raging riffs, there was some groove as well. If you love your grind, then you'll undoubtedly enjoy this album. I wish Husmanskost all the best in their future, and we thank them for reaching out to us for a review of Rundpult, but I don't see myself re-visiting this album in the future unfortunately.
Highs: "Silkehansken" and "For Alltid Gjeld" feel more dynamic than the other tracks.
Lows: The audio samples starting off each track were weird, and the lack of variation in the songs made the album quite boring.
Final Rating: 2.5/10
However, the unfortunate thing about this album is that just about every track sounds similar to the previous, so as a result, it was pretty difficult for me to enjoy the album fully because as certain songs started, I felt like I was listening to a repeats of some of the other tracks. This is one of the reasons why I don't really listen to grind because it's very limiting and I'm a bigger fan of variety. I love my extreme metal, but when there's variety to be found, it makes the album much more enjoyable, and sadly, things got rather boring after 3 songs on Rundpult. As Glenn Fricker has said: "If you're playing full-on all the time, you've got nowhere to go, and things get real stale real fast."
I listened to this album a few times and the only highlights I could find were the last two tracks: "Silkehansken" and "For Alltid Gjeld". These two seem like the more dynamic tracks with a little more variation, as opposed to the other tracks that were blazing all the way through and felt rehashed, because while they had the blast beats and raging riffs, there was some groove as well. If you love your grind, then you'll undoubtedly enjoy this album. I wish Husmanskost all the best in their future, and we thank them for reaching out to us for a review of Rundpult, but I don't see myself re-visiting this album in the future unfortunately.
Highs: "Silkehansken" and "For Alltid Gjeld" feel more dynamic than the other tracks.
Lows: The audio samples starting off each track were weird, and the lack of variation in the songs made the album quite boring.
Final Rating: 2.5/10
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