Det finnes dessverre veldig få dødsmetall band her i Nord-Norge, og de fleste som kaller musikken sin for dødsmetall spiller faktisk ganske ufarlig Core-påvirket musikk. Blandt de som virkelig kan kalle seg for ekte dødsmetall band er Tromsøs PUSHING DEVICE og legendene fra Finnmark, SLOGSTORM. De to bandene akksepterte å slå av en liten prat med oss og diskutere [...]
Three words to describe this LP: Hasty, Old-School and Straightforward. Haraball’s style hasn’t evolved much if you compare it to their 7’inches. It’s still the same hum: hasty straightforward, old-school Hardcore. It’s urban, cynical and bleak. The production is quite enveloping and warm, which goes surprisingly well with the rather noisy guitars. There aren’t many melodic hooks in here (besides [...]
Let us lose no time! “I Want your Downs” starts the whole thing off, with a breath-taking thrasher: a super straightforward song that, after a well-deserved break, gets even catchier; a song perfectly representative of Haraball’s sound indeed. “Terrible Two” comes in place number two and does some serious damage with its minute-and-a-half of incessant thrashing. “Random” is already one [...]
It’s always kind of hard to write something about singles and Ep:s which doesn’t end up looking like some lame track-by-track review. But hell, we’ll do it anyways! “The Badge and the Wig” is a fast, hard-rocking, short song that blasts your face like a free-styling jackhammer. “Best Band Ever” sounds a bit more like early nineties Scandinavian Hardcore with [...]
Who the heck are Haraball? How can such a band suddenly pop up from nowhere and start bludgeoning the hell out of peaceful Norway like that? Utropia, armed with a killer promo Cd and painful memories from the band’s last gig, leads the investigation. So, the official story tells us that Haraball was formed in 2011, in Oslo, and that [...]
Kaevum og Nordvrede, to Tromsø-baserte svart metal band slapp utgivelser i mars gjennom det tyske plateforlaget Darker Than Black. Det var en stor overraskelse for mange ved den berømte labelen (som har sluppet blant annet album fra Absurd, Thor’s Hammer og Askival) signerte to, relativt ukjente undergrunnsband fra Nord-Norge. Etter å ha fått tak på CD-skiver og lyttet til disse [...]
Let’s scrap this stiff and pompous metal for today shall we? For there is something much more important to report now; the Roman Triumph that took place in the Blårock Café last Friday… Saying that Blårock’s first Punkfest raised many expectations is somewhat of an understatement. Indeed, the venue, renowned for its support of the local as well as the [...]
North-Norway’s best music festival is less than three weeks away. Utropia explains to you how and why you should go there. We know that Tromsø is, in relation to its size, a great place to experience quality live music of the heavier kind. Still, since the Høstens Mørkeste last November, and in spite of Bastard Bar’s commendable efforts, we’ve been [...]
Since its inception, Utropia’s own Metal Page has tried its best to update you on the status of Tromsø and Northern-Norway’s dynamic yet underground metal scene. In this issue, we will not focus on one release or even one band in particular but instead try to gather the most recent info relating to North-Norwegian metal and pitch it to you [...]
Tromsøs egne Itchincide slapp akkurat deres første utgivelse “Commercial Briandamage”. Vi hadde flaks og fikk muligheten til å stille noen spørsmål til bassisten Cato Brynildsen Mortensen. En Utropia ekslusiv. Hei Cato. Kan vi kanskje begynne med en liten forklaring om bandets bakgrunn og historie? Bandet ble grunnlagt i 2007, men hadde blitt diskutert ved flere andledninger i årene før, og [...]
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