Apollyon (Ole Jørgen Moe) is without doubt one of the unsung heroes of Norwegian excessive steel. A multi-instrumentalist who does all of it. He is performed bass within the mythical Immortal, guitar and drums in Lamented Souls, bass guitar and vocals in Cadaver, guitar in Gorgoroth (the place he seems within the notorious Black Mass Krakow DVD) and vocals, guitar, bass and drums in Charisma Noir. Now not most effective that, he as soon as served me a median pint as a bartender at Oslo’s famed Kniven bar.
It is been a couple of years since now we have heard any recorded tune from Apollyon, along with his closing liberate being 2018’s Charisma Noire by means of Charisma Noir. To not agonize, then again, as he is again with but some other new challenge, and this time he introduced Olav Knutsen aka Bestial Tormentor (Inferno, Lamented Souls) and Fenriz (Darkthrone) in conjunction with him!
Each Fenriz and Apollyon grew up in combination in a spot known as Kolbotn, Norway within the 80s. Kolbotn is simply south of Oslo and it was once in shut proximity to the wealth of report retail outlets that dotted the world again then. It was once additionally there that Bestial Tormentor and Apollyon began taking part in in combination a little bit later within the 90s. Firstly they began off taking part in doom in combination as they each went directly to shape Lamented Souls. This was once a band that still featured Simen Hestnaes aka ICS Vortex, who would later upward push to prominence with Dimmu Borgir and Borknagar.
Lamented Souls successfully ended within the early 2000s however just about 20 years later Apollyon and Bestial Tormentor wound up in combination once more to begin developing songs in that very same vein of doom and vintage steel. After compromising numerous tracks, and searching for to make it a 100% Kolbotn challenge, Fenriz joined the duo as vocalist upon listening to their early tracks. Written over the process only a brief time frame, the brand new trio would take at the moniker Coffin Hurricane.
Coffin Hurricane provides us six sprawling tracks clocking in it 45 mins. Now not rather Darkthrone, and now not rather Charisma Noir and even Lamented Souls, we get a product this is paying homage to bands like Candlemass, Pentagram or even a little bit of Paradise Misplaced. I will be able to additionally listen bits of Cathedral, specifically within the monitor “80-5 and Seven Miles.”
After all, with Fenriz on vocals, there are going to be some glaring comparisons to Darkthrone. Whilst Darkthrone and Coffin Hurricane do without a doubt proportion some identical sonics, and indubitably, Darkthrone fanatics will to find so much to like right here, this in reality is a unique form of musical challenge with other influences. Talking of which, the primary unmarried, “Over Frozen Moon,” goes to be endearing to these fanatics of Charisma Noir and people who can admire a slower tempo of thrash.
“Open the Gallows” is a filthy sounding, 10+ minute reduce that has some ferocity within the guitars and horror within the lyrics. It is a bit thrashy with a really perfect guitar solo, however it is blended extra corresponding to a black steel monitor. “Clockwork Cult” is a perfectly miserable mixture of doom, early thrash and a pleasant dose of 90s Norwegian steel. This actual track reminds a little bit of a few early Kreator however with a considerably other vocal cadence.
With minimum (however now not too minimum) manufacturing values, and a transparent DIY vibe, Coffin Hurricane is strictly what you assume it must be. This report will grasp specific hobby for individuals who nonetheless pine for the ones doomy, gloomy past due 20th Century a long time of underground steel.
