Hear about commonalities with recent tourmates, details on the robbery that almost kept them from doing those tours, his black metal project Djevel, singing/recording in Norwegian, and Erland’s offer to let me punch him in the face should they ever use predominantly English lyrics.

At least there’s *some* justice in the world, as Kvelertak breaches the European boundaries, carrying their chaos across the Atlantic into America.

Read on for the remaining March 2011 dates, and yet another teaser from their forthcoming album—the track “Homecoming”, streaming at Stereogum.

Our Norwegian friend Mats submits his Top 15 of 2010! The lucky bastard gets hold of releases from Rise Above Records before they hit stateside, so he has both Ghost and Electric Wizard in this list, amongst 13 other fine choices.

The included list of bands are an alphabetical order by band name rather than order of appearance, either on the live show or on my list posted here on MindOverMetal.org… guess you’ll need to listen and/or read up to find out!

I thought continuing the top 13 was a good way to go, but for every album I thought of, a parallel arose. So the list turned out as it did (with top slots held by bands found on few metallic year-end lists). Plus more stuff came to mind in the process—perhaps categories will be in order next year.

Another great night at Garage, before they close their doors forever! Yeah, Coliseum is atop that tour poster, but unfortunately, transportation issues cut the night short before they took the stage. Notwithstanding that, Kvelertak and Bison b.c. ROCKED the joint!

Rating: 4/5

Stranglehold. The Norwegian death rock band Kvelertak give the listener the proper feel for their music with their name and self-titled debut album. The band borrows the explosive energy from underground hardcore, the riffs from 21st century metal and the chorus anthems from hard rock.