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| Album | Reptilian Ltd Ed Incl Bonus DVD |
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| Article number | INDIE033CDL |
| Release date | 2010-05-07 |
| Genre | Death/Thrash/Black |
| Description | Keep Of Kalessin was founded in 1995 by guitarist and songwriter Obsidian C. and recorded 2 albums and one EP that had great value in the underground metalscene. But in April 2006 a new standard was set for Norwegian metal with the release of "Armada". Keep Of Kalessin was suddenly one of the most talked about Norwegian metalbands and got standing ovations from the press all over the world. The band finally took the step up amongst the true elite of Norway and the album was also nominated to the Norwegian Grammy awards (Spellemannprisen) and the Alarm awards. The band toured several full European tours as main support for bands like Satyricon and Enslaved and played several festivals including the Inferno festival where the band gave the grandest opening in the festival''s history. Keep Of Kalessin was also one of the few metalbands that was invited to many of the more mainstream festivals in Norway and started to earn many fans in the more mainstream rock scene. After heavy touring (with bands like Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Satyricon and Enslaved and performing at mainstream festivals in Norway) they released "Kolossus". "Kolossus" was the natural successor to "Armada" and the band pushed the boundaries of extreme metal even further. More variation, more melodic and more epic! And yet again they were nominated to Spellemannprisen. Keep Of Kalessin played about 150 shows in support of Kolossus including some of the biggest festivals in Europe like Graspop, Hellfest, Metalcamp, Masters of Metal and many more. They toured the world with bands like Morbid Angel, Samael, Marduk, Kataklysm and Amon Amarth and also took even greater steps into the mainstream rock scene of Norway when they played live in the opening of the Norwegian Spellemann awards in front of a live audience and 1,2 million viewers on TV. The bands video for "Ascendant" was also a big youtube hit with 1,5 million views and their fans grew by the thousands. Not being afraid of breaking new ground, Keep Of Kalessin shocked the world in January 2010 by being one of the bands competing to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest. They had small hopes to actually get to the final, but the band was just as shocked as the audience when it was announced that Keep Of Kalessin had won the entire first final. A direct ticket to the final gained the band starlike status in Norway and the band ended the MGP adventure with a great 3rd place and 250 000 votes from the Norwegian audience! Their new album, Reptilian, has been recorded in the band''s own Morningstar Studio in Trondheim, Norway. Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Meshuggah, Behemoth) has mixed the album and secured an extremely powerful and tight, yet organic sound. This is by far Keep Of Kalessin''s strongest work to date!! With this masterpiece of epic metal and heavy touring, Keep Of Kalessin is one of the bands to watch in 2010! www.keepofkalessin.no - www.myspace.com/keepofkalessin - http://www.facebook.com/keepofkalessin |
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Reptilian Ltd Ed Incl Bonus DVD
Keep Of Kalessin
109 kr
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