Best Norwegian music from 2018
Many critics out there claim that Norway is the new progland and that we are now leading! It is comparable to what was once with black metal and the way it is on the jazz front
1. Tusmørke – Osloborgerlig Tusmørke – Vardøger Og Utburder, Vol.1
The album is a concept album about various local history and myth and this is very good, well played and thrilling music.
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2. Kanaan – Windborne
Kanaan plays an amalgam seventies of psychedelia, post rock and fusion improvision and the music is very suggestive.
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3. Ihsahn – Àmr
Vegard Sverre Tveitan is Ihsahn and he is forever looking for the development of his music. He really achieved this with Àmr, who is his best and that says a lot!
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4. Seid – Weltschmerz, baby!
Weltschmerz, baby! is a very exciting album due to the originality and the personality of the musicians that dare do thing in their own way.
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5. Jordsjø – Jordsjø
Jordsjø is inspired by old horror movies, german synth music from the 70s, Swedish prog, fantasy novels and Norwegian nature, and have their own distinct and nice sound.
6. Prog Atom – Spiral
Progatom offer an album with melodious symphonic prog, spiced with big contrasts, nice guitars, demanding arrangements and also with classic prog sounds.
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7. Oak – False Mempory Archieve
Oak have taken several steps as songwriters and musicians since the previous album, and ended up in a slightly darker and more progressive territory.
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8. Obliteraration – Cenotaph Obscure
I never thought I should listen to death metal! The young Kolbotn band Obliteraration delivering a grizzly yet flawless monument to death metal the way it was meant to be, obscure, ominous and unpredictable.
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9. Elephant9 – Greatest Show On Earth
Elephant9 is described as an offshoot project from members of Norwegian groups Shining and Supersilent. The band deliver a music where the unpredictability meets groove and the pure joy of playing their brand of jazzrock.
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10. In Vain – Currents
The album has nice harmonies, and plenty of variety, and many great guitar solos, and it’s well-crafted and intelligent melodic death metal music.
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