Kvelertak have signed a US deal with who will be releasing the band's self-titled album over here on March 15. I presume the band will also be doing some touring in conjunction with their appearance at SXSW, but I have yet to see any confirmed dates.
Lordi would make Kiss proud. They have a restaurant, a Visa card, comics, their own cola and both a movie and a theme park in the works. And sometimes they even make music. Titles like "The deadite girls gone wild", "It snows in hell", "The chainsaw buffet", "The night of the loving dead" and "Would you love a monsterman?" say it better than anything I could write. It's cheesy, 80s heavy metal with a tongue pressed firmly in the cheek. Some of the songs are catchy. After all, it was not merely image that had them winning the Eurovision. And as a concept, Lordi is just brilliant. But the fact is that nothing on this CD is anywhere as fun or awesome as the comic I saw in Finland. The one where Mr Lordi, with his powers, forces Hitler to kill himself.
- Hanzan