SPECTRAL WOUND + HELLRIPPER live in Oslo review
- Posted on 15-11-2022
Review by Karina Noctum
The expectations were high on the 28th of October at Blå venue in Oslo, before the Hellripper and Spectral Wound concert, since I had heard several recommendations and advice on not to miss it.
Hellripper opened with a show that consisted of a blend of songs from their two albums Coagulating Darkness and The Affair of the Poisons and even a pretty good Scottish tune was to be heard among the many Black, Hard Rock and Heavy Metal inspired songs. This is a band who are on the rise having started as a one-man band, then getting to sign on Peaceville Records that counts with pretty well established Norwegian acts like Darkthrone, Mork and Dødheimsgard and then now on tour as a young live band giving shows that bring back hard rock and heavy metal vibes in a convincing manner and effusing lots of passion and energy. The band gave a pretty good and energetic performance that resonated with the crowd.
The venue filled up for Spectral Wound. Both band and audience seem to have entered a state of musical symbiosis judging by the great response. The music is well composed. It has lots of enjoyable, well executed and familiar Black Metal patterns with a beautiful melodious and melancholic Cascadian-like touch. All performed with a Canadian attention to detail and technicality. The audience kept then the high energy levels that Hellripper had succeeded in bringing on in the beginning throughout the concert. It was a pretty good experience on that Friday.