Kvelertak
From:
Stavanger,
Norway
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Kvelertak News
Below is our complete Kvelertak news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
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Hammerfall To Headline Summer Breeze
The organizers of the Summer Breeze fest have issued the following announcement about Hammerfall headlining the 2011 edition of the festival:
"Merry Christmas! Now that we're halfway through our Advent Calendar, which has had plenty of killer bands so far, we want to present you the first headliner for Summer Breeze 2011: Hammerfall.
"They are one of the most relevant and successful heavy metal bands of the last 15 years, yet they have never played at Summer Breeze. It's about time to change that! We are extremely happy to present Hammerfall as one of this year's headliners! The undisputed leaders of true metal have loads of metal anthems and catchy melodies under their belt, after they almost single-handedly put traditional power metal back on the map with their glorious 1997 debut 'Glory To The Brave.'
"And what started as a fairytale became a metal dream come true, including high chart entries all over Europe for every one of their seven studio albums. If each of you goes back in time for a minute, you will certainly remember at least one metal party where you were banging your fists singing along to hymns such as 'Steel Meets Steel', 'Hearts on Fire' or 'Heeding The Call'. To put it in their own words: 'Brothers unite! Let's stand up and fight!'" More...
More Bands Announced For Tuska Festival
Church of Misery has been confirmed for the 2011 edition of the Tuska Open Air festival, which will take place at Suvilahti, Helsinki, Finland during July 22nd - 24th. The festival will now feature the addition of a fourth stage. The currently confirmed bands for the festival are as follows:
At The Gates
Arch Enemy
Exodus
Meshuggah
Killing Joke
Enslaved
Moonsorrow
Witchery
Agnostic Front
Kvelertak
Spiritual Beggars
Grave
Mygrain
Church Of Misery
Misery Index
Bison b.c., Coliseum and Kvelertak to Tour UK
Vancouver's Bison b.c. will be touring the UK this November with Coliseum and Kvelertak. Here are the tour dates:
Nov. 17 London - Underworld
Nov. 18 Stoke on Trent - Sugarmill
Nov. 19 Glasgow - Ivory Blacks
Nov. 20 Leeds - The Well
Nov. 21 Norwich - The Marquee
Bison b.c. will be touring the west coast of North America with Helmet this September. Tour dates can be found at this location.
Kvelertak Signs To Indie Recordings
Kvelertak (meaning "Stranglehold") recently signed a worldwide record deal with Indie Recordings and release their debut album in 2010. The album was recorded with Kurt Ballou of Converge in his Godcity Studios in Boston. You can check out some of their music on the band's MySpace page.
Kvelertak was founded in Stavanger in 2007 by Erlend Hjelvik and Bjarte Lund Rolland. The band created their own style they of Necro'n'roll, with a focus on strong songs with melodic, furious punk-/hard-rock and metal tendencies. Additionally, Kvelertak has chosen to retain their native language of Norwegian.
Since then, Kvelertak managed to play at Roskilde and Øyafestivalen, toured Norway around with Skambankt and Silver, stood on the scenes that Rockefeller and Park Theater, been successful in ByLarm, Zoom-competition and has now chosen to Urørtfinalen - all unsigned and without a single release.
Kvelertak Streaming Two New Songs Online
Norwegian band Kvelertak has issued the following announcement about streaming two new songs on their MySpace page:
"Finally, some new songs:
"Fossegrim (featuring Nattefrost of Carpathian Forest) and Blodtørst (featuring Ivar Nikolaisen of Silver).
"These are two of five recordings from a session in Caliban Studios, engineered mixed and mastered by Ruben Willem of Haust.
"This is a step further for Kvelertak, as this is the first time we have ever made an effort to apply some production quality (less crappy sound) to our recordings. All prior recordings have been strictly bedroom-demos."