The much acclaimed and sold-out debut LP of Kristian Olsson (Alfarmania /
B.O.T.C. / Survival Unit etc.) is now made available on compact disc through Old
Captain.
Originally released in 2010 on the Swedish label Nattmaran in a limited
edition "Att vara där jag var innan jag var jag" contains 10 tracks making for
a neck-breaking journey down a rabbit hole paved with rusty metal, the only
light coming from cobwebbed, broken lead glass windows.
And just when you think
you are about to land in a bone-infested, giant badger’s nest, the winding hole
takes another turn, and you fall backwards down a chute filled with sharpened
rods which have impaled all who have come this way; a never-ending fall into a
bottomless pit of despair.
The acoustics contained in the tracks are a bit
clearer than Olsson’s trademark style, but expect nothing less than a relentless
43-minute gut-punch with an iron-clad skeleton fist.
Inspired by drastic changes
in the artist’s personal surroundings, the recording is an obituary of a special
time in the annals of the Sundsvall catacombs which this artist has frequented
for far longer than what the doctor ordered.
Recordings were made with the
expert operation of the usual electronic nightmare arsenal of the Styggelse
satanic whore-lord, in addition to thighbone flutes, bowed cymbals, metal
barrels, chains, whips, and just about every other abominable material or
implement this filth-pig heathen could assemble from the recesses of his
anti-human haunts.
With the determination of a snake, the stealth of a panther
and the grace of a one-legged terminal patient on an ether binge, Olsson crushes
expectations and excels through outright excellence.
Matte-laminated black & white Digipak with postcards.
Tracklist:
1 Luguber
2 Körkarlen Vid Selångersån
3 Skuggorna Kommer
4 Kvävs I Sten
5 Chödeine
6 Som Flugor För Herren
7 Vykort Från Garma
8 Att Vara Där Jag Var Innan Jag Var Jag
9 På Hispan
10 Skvaderkadaver
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