Description

Fred Estby’s (Dismember, Centinex etc.) project Necronaut is being touted as Swedens answer to Dave Grohls Probot. Like Probot, Necronaut features a different guest vocalist for just about every song, but instead of huge names like Max Cavalera, Lemmy Kilmister, Tom Warrior, and King Diamond, Necronaut’s names are . . . a little less well-known. But that’s not to say they’re nobodies: E of Watain, J.B. of Grand Magus, and Tomas Lindberg of At the Gates. These are no slouches. Fred Estby has recorded this album in order to express his passion for deferent kinds of extreme music he bore since his youth as the Press release states. And this is one of the few times that I will agree with what I read. But be careful. By saying extreme metal it doesnt mean that all you are going to listen is Black/Death Metal with growls and supersonic speeds. Except from that you will find all the influences of Estby: doom a-la Candlemass, riffs that will bring in mind something from King Diamond, old-school mid tempo Death Metal, a song with JB behind the microphone that has an essence of doom with his vocals giving a stoner-like style to the song, some Thrash-y moments here and there, and of course classic Heavy Metal, I think you got the picture. The self titled album from Necronaut is manifold, giving the younger ones the chance to find out what really extreme is in metal, without all those kitsch things that many bands use to become evil nowadays, and the older ones the chance to look back at the past. All the songs have a meaning in this album. The production helps for all the tracks sound as they should. Not polished but on the other hand not like they were recorded 20 years ago in a four channel console. Necronaut is an album you should give a chance to. Line-up: Fred Estby – Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals (in The Lie In Which The Truth Is Buried) Chris Reifert – Vocals (in Crimson Field) Tomas Lindberg – Vocals (in Rise Of The Sentinel) Joakim Nilsson – Vocals (in After The Void) JB – Vocals (in Soulside Serpents), Lead Guitar (in Returning To Kill The Light) Hellbutcher -Vocals (in In Dark Tribute) Erik Danielsson – Vocals (in Returning To Kill The Light) Nicke Andersson Vocals (in Tower Of Death), Lead Guitar (in The Lie In Which The Truth Is Buried) Drette Axelsson – Vocals (in Twilight At The Trenches) David Blomqvist – Lead Guitar (in After The Void and Rise Of The Sentinel) Tyrant – Lead Guitar (in In Dark Tribute) Uffe Cederlund – Lead Guitar (in After The Void) Robert Pehrsson – Lead Guitar (in Soulside Serpents) Robert Dahlqvist – Lead Guitar (in Soulside Serpents)

Track list:
1. Crimson Field
2. Twilight At The Trenches
3. In Dark Tribute
4. Soulside Serpents
5. Infecting Madness
6. After The Void
7. The Lie In Which The Truth Is Buried
8. Returning To Kill The Light
9. Tower Of Death
10. Rise Of The Sentinel