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Krux - Krux


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Black Room
Krux
Nimis
Sibiria
Omfalos
Enigma EZB
Popocatépetl
Evel Rifaz
Lunochod


Genre Doom Metal
Mats Levén
Vocals
Tracks 9
Jörgen Sandström
Guitar
Runningtime 50 Min.
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Guitar
Label Mascot
Leif Edling
Bass
Release 24 March 2003
Peter Stjärnvind
Drums
Country Sweden
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Keyboards
Similar artists Abstrakt Algebra, Candlemass

If I mention that Leif Edling is behind the band Krux many of you probably gets a pretty clear picture of what this band is about.
The man that is behind the swedish doom-legends Candlemass and Abstrakt Algebra has now joined forces with singer Mats Levén (Abstrakt Algebra, Treat, Swedish Erotica, etc.), guitarist Jörgen Sandström and drummer Peter Stjärnvind (both from Entombed) to play doom-metal.

Musically this lands somewhere between mentioned bands Candlemass and the progressive-like doom of Abstrakt Algebra, with an all-embracing Black Sabbath´ish atmosphere resting over it all. The music is heavy as lead and full of feelings with some really great melodies, best shown in the track Enigma EZB where the tempo is driven up to a quicker pace and in Popocatépetl that is a slow song with a heavy groove and a great melody line in the chorus.

Of the nine tracks the first seven are really good with an even quality straight through while the second to last track Evel Rifaz is more like "strange noises from an bassguitar" that I could easily have done without. The finishing twelveminute track Lunochod is a little bit too much for me beeing to uneven and totally spaced out, but I have no problem overlooking that when the rest of the album holds such high quality and when the songs has such excellent names.

See also review of: III: He Who Sleeps Amongst The Stars

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Summary



7 chalices of 10 - Thomas

Related links:

www.candlemass.net
www.entombed.com