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Artist: KRELL
Album: Krell
Year: 2006
Krell is an ambitious new band from Spain. This trio
says to combine the good elements of techno pop (Kraftwerk
a.o.), EBM, synth pop (Depeche Mode a.o.), old school
metal and industrial. The result was born pretty quick,
because only a few months after their birth their self
titled debut demo has been released. Four tracks, ready
to be discovered.
That they are not telling a story without any foundation
is proved at once, because all the mentioned influences
are already hearable in the very first track. 'Soul
Eater' leads you from Fear Factory riffs to Sisters of
Mercy guitars and Kraftwerk programming. The catchyness
and the extremely well fitting vocals turn this song
even into a potential dancefloor killer! I caught myself
several times trying to dance on my chair, and when the
song ends after about 5,5 minutes the silence sounds
pretty uncomfortable. Luckly, the next song has already
started before you could say 'polish the Polish police'.
'Fragile (Gary Numan adaptation)' After some internet
research I found out that 'adaptation' can be replaced
by 'cover' as well, and although I don't know the
original song I must say that this song really amazes
me! Powerful sampling and an amazing synth outro are the
main things to remember about this track, as well the
catchyness of the lyrics. 'III' is a more doomy sounding
track, with excellent piano works in it. Krell proves
that they are no nobodies when it comes how to use a
guitar the way it fits the best in a song. This song is
most probably written by the vocalist if you ask me,
because his kind of vocals really fit this song
brilliantly. 'Tale of a Common Day' is maybe the most
experimental track, with even a little winks to Elvis
Presley in the music! This song is easy listening as
well, but if you ask me the 7 minutes this song takes
are 3 minutes too long. Another thing worth mentioning
is the originality of this band. There is NO band that
sound like Krell does! Bands like Aux Raus, Die Krupps
and maybe even KMFDM and Unk! can come close here and
there, but will definitely not win it of these guys when
it comes to originality. And, if you can already produce
this only a few months after your birth, you really have
got major potential to become even better!
Vote: 87 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Soul Eater
02. Fragile (Gary Numan
Adaptation)
03. III
04. Tale Of A Common Day |
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