Brutus – Behind The Mountains

1. The Witches Remains
2. Personal Riot
3. Big Fat Boogie
4. Blue Pills
5. Square Headed Dog
6. Mystery Machine
7. Crystal Parrot
8. Reflections
9. Can’t Help Wondering Why
“What’s so amazing about these guys? Aren’t they just another Scandanavian retro rock band? Yeah, basically, but also, not so much. Permit me to try to demonstrate… just want to have fun, BUT, are also chased by demons; a darkness which they embrace and add fully to their music. Thankfully however, that darkness doesn’t manifest itself in morbid navel-gazing and boring pip-squeaky melancholia. Even as the band is worried, hurried and harried through the dark forest, they’re still crushing beer cans on their foreheads, belly belching like men do and generally causing whatever amounts of mischief and havoc as possible. Their larger-than-life riffs weave between dead trees, chased through tall grass by a lasso swinging death’s headed figure of doom on horseback. Flirting with doom and coming out laughing like wild men, ends up looking like a group of deep woods survivors, edgy attitudes and etched faces.”
“The moods the band displays are all over the map, reflecting the rhythms of life, they have sides to match all scenes one may find oneself in, and provides the perfect soundtrack thereof. I love the dark, dark overcast skies feel as stormclouds gather over creepy mansions on “Blue Pills” or as larvae-bearing ghost ships sail over dry land dropping their overflowing payload as they go on “Reflections”. But if it’s the fun-and-sun filled, cruising with the top down getaway moments you’re looking for, there’s always “Big Fat Boogie” and “Personal Riot”. Or maybe you’ve already arrived at your destination, hot dogs on the end of sticks, sun going down or are simply looking for a good back porch stomper, well “Square Headed Dog”s got you covered there as well. Do you plan on scaling the precarious face of a mountain in the deep forest with an escaped lab experiment gone wrong nipping at your heels? Well “Mystery Machine” is the perfect tension building soundtrack to that exact scenario too.”
“Basically, “” is a handy album to bring around to maypole dances by day or ensorcelled orgies round the old hanging tree by night. It both establishes and matches the mood of each event at different times. What can I say to convince you that this band is better than all the other Scandanavian “retro rock” bands out there? Nothing, nor would I want to. Each one is different. may be the most unique sounding of the bunch. There’s not any one or two specific bands that you could point to from bygone days, who this band uses as a point of reference or sounds like (well … maybe Sabbath, but yeah, no two bands). Theirs is an original sound never bordering on infringement. As a matter of fact, it may be time to trash the well-worn label “retro” regarding these lads and slap upon their rubber-burning bumper the fresh appellation of “throwback”. Yes folks, there is a difference!”
All That Is Heavy, LK Ultra
LP album
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