Kellermensch - Kellermensch
Denmark's existential metallers Kellermensch unleash their debut...
Posted Thursday, 29 July 2010 in ,
Rating: 7
With a band moniker from Dostoevsky’s Notes From Underground, it’s unsurprising that this Danish outfit utilise a vast array of artistic influence here. ‘Nothing Left’ and ‘Dead End’ hone vocalist
Christian Sindermann’s brooding
Nick Cave-esque vocals, but alongside the use of piano, pump organ and violin ‘Kellermensch’ means misery has never sounded so dynamic. Sonically this is tight, with passages unleashed with aggression. Reference points are also in abundance with versions of
Tom Waits’ ‘Dirt In The Ground’ and
Neil Young’s ‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down’ in rotation, allowing the band to stamp their own dissonant seal on the classics... and very well.
Faye Lewis