(review) Ygør Keim – ‘New Kingdom’

Wow! I can easily imagine this one as a soundtrack for some dark dystopian sci fi movie or some eighties twisted darkened horror movie. Ygør Keim released new album and it contains nine songs. The music is dark. It is industrial. It is punk rock. It is rock. All in one, yet the sum of many parts, sounding cold and unforgiving to us as listeners. Vocals are harsh with effects and I always love clever use of samples. Also, besides shouting and singing, there are whispers, there are screams, like horror movie indeed. There is also some punkish, plain yet effective melody underneath the main themes of the songs. Lyrics and themes deal with horror, cosmic and relentless. Songs and heavy hitters like ‘Undead Creatures’, ‘Sickman’ or ‘The Lowly Servant’ are about to win you over and take you to some other dimension of steel grey sky, cold steel taste on your tongue, machines and hopelessness. This is all very beautiful and for me, I love such music and I am so glad I discovered this hidden gem of the underground scene.

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