Klor - Klor
This is the first and only release by Denmark’s Klor to date. That being said, I’m essentially going to treat this as a demo recording. Trust me, I’m being generous to most bands when I do this. I’m old and jaded. I say that a lot and I mean it. I come from an era when a band put out demo tape after demo tape over a period of years - sometimes even decades - before securing a record deal. Their first album, the culmination of years of hard labor and paying their dues, was usually the best music they ever recorded. Now, a band’s best album is usually their seventh or eighth release. That’s usually five or six albums after I’ve ceased to give a flying shit about them. Klor isn’t an exception to this rule. To say that this album is derivative and unoriginal is probably going to get me called “Captain Obvious” again, but it’s true. Klor isn’t bringing anything new or awesome to the table. This album sounds so much like old Burzum that Varg should be getting a royalty check. Dissonant, raw Black Metal is the order of the day. Droning, repetitive, riffing and Necro production are all on display in abundant quantities. There are some interesting parts here, but again, they’re things that Burzum already did and did better. While this may be technically well done, Klor is ultimately going to end up being another faceless band in a sea of bland, unoriginal Black Metal unless they can somehow find their own sound. My guess is that it will probably be long after I’ve stopped caring about them, but you never know. They can clone Burzum well enough, but so can a thousand other bands. There is some potential there but what they really need to do is develop their own sound.
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