Sweden… a special country concerning many things, one of these of course is Sweden’s music scene. This scene gave born to bands cornerstones of Heavy Metal such as Heavy Load, Candlemass, Count Raven, etc but also to bands that today play the music of yesterday i.e. In Solitude, Portrait and the the music of the day before yesterday like Witchcraft, Burning Saviours (RIP). So from one of the most important music scene we have the first album of S:t Erik.
S:t Erik is for sure a psychedelic Stoner outfit that sounds close to Om (if they had guitars) , Zoroaster or even Electric Wizard on their doomier parts. The effects are spread through out the whole album and the outcome that creeps out of the speakers can really devour you and then set spinning in a multi colored astral vortex. Of Course the bass guitar has the leading role in the album and in particular segments it can really mesmerize the listener while the drums sound like poundings of huge meteorites falling upon the face of planet earth and destroying everything. As for the vocals…they sound like they are coming from the depth of “something”  while the singing sounds closer to some kind of ritual, summoning the astral Gods rather than “proper” singing… oh dear Lord…I got to close this review ‘cause I see  some weird figures all around me…and they are after me…

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Lineup:
-: Erik Nordström - Vocals, Bass Tomas Eriksson - Guitar Mats Norman - Synthesizers Magnus Wikmark - Guitar Fredrik Aspelin - Drums