Wonder
(2010, Conspiracy Records) Switzerland
I just saw Knut live at La Maroquinerie in Paris the 25th of October 2010 and this is an idea of what it is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8UTGSSbtKQ
The part at 7:07 in Calamity is a mayhem in live.
It really impressed me : What A Power ! What A Drummer !
Leet is amazingly complex.
The sound and mix are awesome and really dynamic like in Damned Extroverts.
I really love their weird chords in Suckers and their taping parts in Lemmings.
A really good comeback after a 5 years break.
Glory to Knut.
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COUP DE COEUR : MY TOP 5
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| 1. Calamity |
| 2. Leet |
| 3. Damned Extroverts |
| 4. Suckers |
| 5. Lemmings |
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Terraformer
(2005, Hydrahead Records) Switzerland
“Terraformer” is one of their album with few vocals.
What a power and a heavy sound in Wyriwys.
The finale of Torvalds is terrific.
I love too the part at 1:11 in Seattle well done.
The parts at 1:08 and at 1:58 in Kyoto are genius.
A good experimental album.
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COUP DE COEUR : MY TOP 5
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| 1. Wyriwys |
| 2. Torvalds |
| 3. Kyoto |
| 4. Seattle |
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Challenger
(2002, Hydrahead Records) Switzerland
I discovered Knut in 2003 on their live video @Furyfest of d’El Nino.
I was really impressed by the part at 1:31 and their really complex rhythms at the beginning and the end of the song.
I didn’t know the title of that songs and years after years I bought all their albums one by one. “Challenger” was the last I bought haha.
I think that”Challenger” is their album with the best sound : really clear, wide and powerful. You’ll get this idea since Whacked Out.
In Repressed, I like this feeling of being on a boat and going up down because of the waves, you’ll feel that strongly in a human sea (in live).
Ice Will is brutal.
Then Bite The Bullet is one of their hypnotic song.
A Must Have.
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COUP DE COEUR : MY TOP 5
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| 1. El Nino |
| 2. Whacked Out |
| 3. Repressed |
| 4. Ice Will |
| 5. Bite The Bullet |
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Knut Ep
(2001, Hydrahead Records) Switzerland
That Ep is the first Knut’s CD I bought, and I was fascinated by their sound and this à la Botch touch.
I really love Dissolve and this idea of complexification of a rhythmic pattern.
I listen a lot that Ep when I was younger in my car, and I love the bass and power effect of the songs (like in You Deserve Me).
In The Will To Please, you’ll find one of their hypnotic sludge-core song really interesting.
I tired for a while to get the chords of Aim At The Sun haha.
Really good.
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COUP DE COEUR : MY TOP 5
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| 1. Dissolve |
| 2. You Deserve Me |
| 3. The Will To Please |
| 4. Aim At The Sun |
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Bastardiser
(1998, Hydrahead Records) Switzerland
First album for Knut and what a hit !
They a very unique music with their own touch : A skilled mix of sludge and hardcore.
It reminds me of band like Botch or Amen Ra, but much powerful
Engine is a really loud and slow song and I love the build-up at 1:37.
The riffs in The Whip and High-Low are terrific.
The break at 0:35 in Wiped Out rocks
Then you’ll notice Crouch which is really heavy and looped : hypnotic.
A very good album