Skamfläck Synka Alla Klockor för Midnatt LP
First off, the cover here arrives in the grand tradition of cartoony depictions of apocalyptic dystopias (think Cause for Alarm or The Day the Country Died): a grim vision of reality via rounded lines and primary color. The music is a few sibling genres held together by a very metallic crust punk. There are some capital-M metal riffs, but the guitars are otherwise on the “punk” side of the ledger (grimy and spare instead of epic and layered). As usual, I think the run time here is excessive. As Coco Chanel said, “Before you go out, take a look in the mirror and remove one track.”