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- Band(s): Grafjammer
- Label(s): Black Tapes, Folter Records, Zwaertgevegt
- Release Format(s): 12" vinyl, Cassette, CD
- Release Year: 2025
- Review Date: January 9, 2025
- Author(s): Ricardo, VincentP
Necrorock returns! The Dutch perverts of Grafjammer are back in early 2025 with full-length number four, ‘De Tyfus, de Teerling’. It took the lazy bastards five years to come up with this newest album, but we will forgive them this time. Something with a pandemic and replacing two of the J’s seems like a decent excuse to take their sweet time. Was it worth it? As Varg would say, let’s find out.
Opener ‘Hachel Mijn Bout’ brings the album off to a promising start, with the Punk infused Black Metal based on the groove of Darkthrone and Carpathian Forest with a solid dash of Motörhead. Nothing new then? Well, the groovy Cathedral style riff at the end is a nice twist gents! ‘LijdensVerlenger’ then continues in a similar vein, with a decent Impaled Nazarene vibe on top of the previously mentioned references. But do we also hear that the new blood in the band has had some influence? Did we really hear some backing vocals and a tad of an epic twist? Has Grafjammer sold their souls and abandoned their formula?
Don’t be absurd. Grafjammer is 100% grafjammer on ‘De Tyfus, de Teerling’. But, the sound is more diverse than ever before. ‘Bloedbruid’ has an excellent subcutaneous melody with a dash of melancholy that almost sounds Finnish. And in ‘KrengenSlagers’ we hear a bit of a Horna alongside the typical Darkthrone groove. In other words, catchy as Covid. Here we also hear a more theatrical play with the vocals. Of course, vocalist Jorre has always been a poet in corpsepaint, but on the latest album the storytelling is even more pronounced. Fittingly, the Doomy pace towards the end of the song adds even more flair to it all. ‘Bertken’ then starts with sweetly melancholic acoustic strumming before a blistering riff that has more than a little bit of a later Marduk vibe takes over. Groove, tremolo riffs, and a duet of clean and female vocals, I’m not sure how the band could have made this track more furious, catchy and epic. Splendid work guys!
Allowing us time to recover from the emotional rollercoaster thus far, ‘Rampokker’ is a nicely straightforward thumper of a song. Well outside the semi-bass-solo at the end. If ‘Schoftensermoen’ reminds you of the album title ‘Serpent Sermon’ by Marduk, coincidentally (or not) the riffs in the song do too. ‘Varkensbocht’ then goes on the pacey and melodic tour, adding some nicely gnarly riffs into one of the most unsettling Grafjammer songs to date. With ‘Waanzee’ we wrap the record up in style, a Motörhead meets Black Metal style to be precise. Groove for minutes, the Grafjammer special.
Undeniably Grafjammer but more theatrical and diverse than ever before. Honestly, who doesn’t want that! The Necrorock hit machine returns with ‘De Tyfus, de Teerling’, easily their best record to date, a killer slab of Dutch Black Metal. LP’s, tapes, CDs aplenty, so get yours at the release gig in their stadsie Utrecht, on preorder, or for a fortune on Discogs when this hit collection reaches the ears of the masses. (VincentP)
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The follow-up of 2020 release ‘De Zoute Kwel’, the split with Abrahamic Liars called ‘Saptem en Gadoot’ not taken in account, ‘De Tyfus, de Teerling’ is one that lives up to expectations, yet Grafjammer takes it up a notch.
All the Grafjammer influences are present, Dutch lyrics spat by the fiendish Jorre, the groove and rockin’ vibe of both Carpathian Forest and Darkthrone, and their fondness for Motörhead is just around the corner on their 4th full-length. Did I forget something? Well, the punkish Impaled Nazarene rage and feeling in both drums and guitars when listening to ‘Lijdensverlenger’ for example. On the other hand you can hear a more mournful atmosphere in a song like ‘Bloedbruid’.
What I’m trying to say is, this is quite a varied Black Metal album and doesn’t matter if you are already familiar with Grafjammer or not, it is worth your time to at least check it out…I can even bet it is worth your money. (Ricardo)
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- Country: Netherlands
- Style: Black Metal
- Links: Facebook, Bandcamp, Spotify
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- Country: Netherlands
- Style: Black Metal
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