(COMMENT: /Nils Kajsajuntti)
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SKITSAMH�LLE 7"
90-tal cdr
final night of destruction demo
Rakt in i d�den 7"
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Reviewed: 25.08.04
(mylastchapter.tk)
There are many bands out there keeping the banner of 80ies Swedish hardcore crust alive, or at least trying to. But I gotta say that Kranium fucking does it well. So far, this is the best attempt to re-capture the brutality and ferocity of Shitlickers. Do you really need any other promotion of this record?
With a title that means Shit Society you don't need to guess the contents of the lyrics. Cops, capitalist's, war, media (etc) gets a run-over here. And with the lyrics on the insert you get images of the classic, and so often used, circle-A. It might all sound like just another copy of every other group of d-beat monglers, and maybe it is, but this fucking d-beat has something special about it. So if you like Anti Cimex, Asocial, Svart Parad, Avskum, and especially Shitlickers, this will sure hit the spot!
7/10
(COMMENTS: none...)
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(Delerium tremens)
18/2
Kranium -Skitsamh�lle
�ntligen kom den ut Kraniums f�rsta �7a. Det h�r norrl�ndska bandet fr�n Lule� r�jer p� friskt i 9 �kta hardcore l�tar, precis s� som det ska vara. Men det �r inget originellt med bandet, men det kanske inte heller �r meningen. n�r man kollar och lyssnar p� singeln s� skulle man kunna tro att skivan kom ut f�r 20 �r sen. L�tarna �r inspelade i december -03. Texterna �r med och handlar bl.a om att man ska r�dda urskogen, Fame factory, om att dom rika svinen ska passa sig. Jag tycker inte att n�gon l�t h�jer sig �ver n�gon annan. Skivan kostar 30kr och kan best�llas fr�n Nils Kajsajuntti, Tendergatan 7, 973 42 Lule�.
Marko Orava
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(ATTACKFANZINE)
Skitslickers in 2004 anyone? Yeah, thought so! It's not quite the fury, but pretty damn close. Desperate shouting backed by classic Discharge riffing. Could be very boring, yes, but in this case it's far from it. Pissed off, simple lyrics, primitive guitar solos, raw recording it's all there - the greatness of 80's hardcore, only done 20 years later. And just listen to tracks like "Skitsamh�lle", "Passa Er!" and "Maktkamp" and you'll know why it never grows old, and why you will hear more from Kranium in the future.
They could need a bit more originality to really stand out. I know they're doing it old school, but it is possible to develop without straying away from the roots. I don't demand it, but I think it would do some good.
This one is only released in 300 copies, so hurry, as I'm pretty sure you don't wanna miss out on this. [Krogh]
(COMMENTS: shitlickers in 2004 anyone?.)
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UNKNOWN..
KRANIUM Skitsamh�lle 7"
KRANIUM ajoute sa petite pierre � l'�difice commenc� par MOB 47 et poursuivi 50 zillions de groupes crust m�tal scandinaves. C'est beau c'est sauvage. �a plaira d'abord � ceux qui l'aime vraiment murder. Ah, ces jeunes� PH (DIY) geocities.com/nilskajsajuntti/kraindex.html
(comment: speak swedish or die....)
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(pissed AND Proud)
7" / EP Kranium - Skitsamh�lle (D.I.Y)
The northen town of Lule� has been dead forever it seems i can only remember a few bands raising from there, Second Unit, Dead Ones and P�blen being the ones coming into mind. Shit it seems almost that Boden got more punx around, but then i don�t know shit i haven�t visited the far far north for ages. And the bands anyway all come from lule�/boden. Well this new outfit ,Kranium, is Lule�s new d-beat attack, or just swedish fuckin k�ng as i would say. Tracks like "Passa er!", "Skitsamh�lle", "Ytrrandefrihet", "�verm�nniska" och "Maktkamp" (that fuckin song blows my head away) are fuckin raw hardcorepunk that would match any international band (or swedish historical band) anytime. Bands that comes to mind in influences would be Svart Parad, Driller Killer (on a sober day) and Avskum. Get this shit if you are into k�ng/hcpunk or what the fuck you want to call it.
(COMMENTS: we have been playing since - 1997 so were not like the newest d-beat band from lule, were the oldest..Driller killer on a sober day anyone??)
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(BACKLASH # 14)
Skitsamh�lle
7" / Inget Bolag/
Bandet har f�st nio l�tar r�punk p� en liten bit vinyl och skickat iv�g till Backlash punktekniska laboratorium i G�teborg f�r analys. Analyssvaret l�ter inte v�nta p� sig: Jod�, visst fan �r det r�punk. Det b�rjar bra med l�ten "Skitsamh�lle" d�r gitarrintrot doftar sk�nt av NO SECURITY. I mitt tycke det b�sta sp�ret p� skivan. N�r jag lyssnar igenom plattan h�r i alla fall jag en del olika t�nkbara influenser. Eftersom KRANIUM kommer norrifr�n, n�rmare best�mt Lule�, tycker jag mig kunna h�ra en del HC-drag p� en del l�tar medan vissa l�tar har en sk�n finsk r�punksk�nsla �ver sig, inte fel. Kranium bangar inte f�r att sl�ppa p� h�rdheten, till f�rm�n f�r enkla melodi�sa gitarrsolon, lite som LOUDPIPES gjorde p� sin tid. Vi har h�rt och sett det f�rut, men vad fan g�r det? Vissa vill f�rvalta det som en g�ng var, en tidsk�nsla, ett sound, det tycker jag man har full r�tt att g�ra.
(COMMENT: LOUDPIPES!!? finsk r�punk med hc drag..kaka p� kaka eller??)
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90-TAL CDR
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Reviewed: 19.02.05
(mylastchapter.tk)
An old demo by Kranium, done years before the Skitsamh�lle 7". This recording, from -99, could pretty much have been taken from any old session done by Anti Cimex, Avskum or which ever early Swedish crust band you love. It's so fucking fierce it's unbelievable. If I didn't know this was done in the late 90ies, I would easily guess early 80ies, without a doubt. This even kicks their 7"'s arse. Bloody fierce vocals, extremely vicious... Guitars and bass just screams 80ies hardcorepunk.
When I say this is one of the best attempts of re-creating the Swedish 80ies hardcorepunk's chaos and brutality, I'm not kidding. In my opinion this is one of the best hardcorepunk recordings done in the last 5 years. Everything about it fucking rips!
9/10
(COMMENT: no..this rewiev speaks for itself...)
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11/4-03
(delerium tremens)
Kranium -90-tal.
Jag fick med den h�r skivan av en som k�pte en D.T cd av mig. Den h�r cd,n har dom sl�ppt sj�lva.(-99) 6 l�tar p� 8.30 min, precis som jag gillar det snabba och korta l�tar i h�gt tempo. Ska bli sp�nnande att lyssna p� Lp�n som f�rhoppningsvis kommer ut snart ,med det h�r Lule�bandet.
(COMMENT: Ett litet missf�rst�nd det skulle bli en 7" (och det blev det) och inte en lp)
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Final night of destruction- demo/cdr
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19/1
Kranium -Final night of destruction CD�r
Lulebandet har sl�ppt en r�punks skiva som �r grymt bra. Som jag skrev i deras f�rra recension, s� l�ter det h�r som om det skulle varit inspelat f�r ungef�r 20 �r sen. Inneh�ller 7 l�tar + intro.(inspelade i replokalen nov/dec 2004, men jag tycker ljudet �r helt okej) i manglartempo. Inledningsl�ten Jag=protest fanns inte med p� min cd??. Jag gillade faktiskt alla l�tarna. Konstigt att skivan heter Final night of destruction, eftersom alla l�tarna sjungs p� svenska!!!Roligt var ox� att dom gjort en cover l�t med Disarm fr�n G�teborg, f�r �vrigt gamla v�nner till mig, undrar vart dom tog v�gen?
Marko Orava
(COMMENT: Jag-protest och introt g�r ihop som ett sp�r, en av flera fintar med demot, tex den engelska titeln)
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KRANIUM-RAKT IN I D�DEN 7" (db4d rec)
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(comments, well most people seem to have an issue with the sound on this on this 7" it was seriously recorded but somewhere along we fucked it up...7 tracks was recorded on a 16 track 1/2 reel to reel recorder using only the first 8 tracks on it..the machine we borrowed from a friend and we had never used it before so it was in a way sort of a test,..one of the tracks malfuctioned we found out after the recording was finished this resulting in some loss of the drums,.. also not a technical problem but the bass was a bit poor recorded from the start and anyway the final mix got to be a bit gruffy midfi ?previously before we had been in a studio in haparanda where our old bassplay went to soundengineering school and we recorded the sametracks as on "rakt in i d�den" in a perfect acoustic room with REALLY expensive microphones and hi tech shit,..and the result was still poor cause we fucked it up it wasnt like untight or anything just a bit out of tune/gruffymess something... and we wasnt happy with it and as our tour was coming up with polttoitsemurha from finland we deicided to use the bunker recording for the vinylpress..)
(fr�n profane existence)
KRANIUM Rakt In Doden 7�
Pretty brutal lo-fi thumpin Swedish Rapunk, which has some moments of Kang and D-beat!! These guys reminded me a lot of SVART PARAD and CRUDE SS not only in the songs but recording wise with that weird kind of harmonic sound CRUDE SS had. Great! (Nick Mangel)
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(FR�N BLOGGASFUCK)
Fick en 7'' p� posten fr�n ett f�r mig ok�nt band vid namn Kranium fr�n Lule�. Jag vet inte mycket om bandet s� det f�r bli direkt p� recensionen.... 5 l�tar som �r inspelade i replokalen? L�ter lite replokal �ver ljudet, men vad g�r det.... Musiken �r helt okej och det �r ju det som �r det viktigaste, eller hur? Punk �t k�ngh�llet �r i alla fall vad som bjuds, och jag f�r fan lite No Security vibbar ibland vilket inte �r n�t d�ligt betyg! Skivan kommer absolut att �ka p� med j�mna mellanrum. Favoritl�tarna blir "Less" och "Hugg i" .Tror att basist Hacken �ven �r med och vevar med Dodeskaden. Trummar Nils har �ven en schysst hemsida som jag tycker ni ska in � kika p�, och d� samtidigt best�lla denna 7''!
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(backlash zine)
KRANIUM
"Rakt In I D�den"
EP/ Dis Before Dishonour/ DB4D11
Format: Singel
Backlashbekantingarna i Kraniums andra sjua l�ter inte som den �r inspelad i augusti 2007, snarare augusti 1987. Med andra ord �r ljudet inte det b�sta. Men det �r v�l punk antar jag. Fast kakburkstrummor och loppigt produktion �r ju liksom inget som lyfter l�tarna enligt mig. N�v�l, det �r bra i alla fall! R�punk med svenska texter och hela det k�ret. Man har ju h�rt det innan men det g�r f�r fan inget, d�remot har jag inte mycket till �vers f�r de sl�a och sega l�tarna. Hur man �n vrider och v�nder p� det s� k�nns Kranium j�vligt �kta och de verkar g�ra precis vad fan dom vill och det ska dom ha en eloge f�r. �Rakt in I D�den� hade f�tt b�da tummarna upp om ljudet hade varit lite b�ttre och fler l�tar p� den h�r plastbiten h�llit samma kvalit� som plattans b�sta l�t; �Meningsl�st�. Missf�rst� mig r�tt; du skall sj�lvklart k�pa den h�r plattan men om du �ger f�rra sjuan �Skitsamh�lle� s� m�ste du vara beredd p� ett annat sound.
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(attack fanzine)
Reviews � 2008: 7"/EP � KRANIUM Rakt In I D�den 7"
KRANIUM Rakt In I D�den 7"
(Dis Before Dishonour)
After the first couple of listens to this 7" I was set on dismissing it as a failed follow up to their first 7", mainly due to the recording not holding the same quality as earlier. I'm not saying they had crystal clear sound on their 2004 7" "Skitsammh�lle" either as I compared that one to Skitslickers, but the main reason this second 7" separates itself is that they're not as fast on here.
But I said I was, not are, set on dismissing it so obviously something made me change my mind. I'm still a bit disappointed that they're not as fast anymore, but that it's a really raw recording is not something I'm going to cite as a negative aspect here as it suits their music well. If they made me think of Skitslickers on their first 7" it might be more along the lines of Svart Parad on this one, even though I wouldn't go as far as to compare the two too much.
It grew on me pretty fast and while I still could argue it sounds more than demo material than 7" material soundwise I do like the raw and primitive noise they put forth on here and a 7" is a far more attractive format than a demo CD-R for instance so why not. [Krogh - June 7, 2008]
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7/3 (delerium tremens)
KRANIUM -Rakt in i d�den "7
Det var ett tag sen man h�rde av kranium fr�n Lule�. M�ste s�ga att jag f�rv�ntade mig mycket mer av det h�r bandet, har gett dom bra recensioner f�rut. Jag blev besviken -var �r energin? det h�r l�t platt och tr�kigt. 7" inneh�ller 5 l�tar d�r alla l�tarna som vanligt sjungs p� svenska. b�sta l�ten p� skivan var hugg i. B�ttre kan ni grabbar. Ni kan k�pa skivan f�r 30kr+porto, h�r av er till Nils p� f�ljande emejladress. [email protected]
Marko Orava
(comment:email adress is for johan of kranium)
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(doomsday mag)
KRANIUM � Rakt in i d�den 7�
(Dis before ishonour)
Kranium fr�n Lule� har h�llit p� ett bra tag men detta �r det f�rsta jag h�r med bandet. S�lde ett ex av Doomsday #1 till trummisen Nils p� Kamikazepunken i Mariestad -96 eller n�r det nu var, kul med folk som h�nger i. P� Rakt in i d�den finner jag ganska ordin�r svensk 80-tals r�punk, det l�ter som detta �r inspelat live, vilket det s�kert ocks� �r. Ljudet �r inte det b�sta, lite torrt och s� men det funkar, l�ter ju trots allt 80-tal. B�sta l�ten �r helt klart titelsp�ret Rakt In I D�den. Annars l�ter det v�l s� d�r, inget som jag g�r i g�ng p� svinmycket p� det l�ter v�l okej. Diggar du ohipp och obrydd r�punk ska du spana in det h�r, inneh�ller inga medlemmar fr�n �verskattade (ume�)band (mig veterligen). Dom verkar inte ha s� bra kommunikation i bandet f�r jag fick 2 ex av den h�r skivan, av olika medlemmar, kanske �r dags f�r en liten t�vling snart s� att ett av exen inte bara ligger och skr�par.
1 Augusti 2008
www.kranium.st
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(s�rlings blogg "turist i tillvaron")
Kranium lider av kasst ljud
Kranium
Rakt in i d�den (Dis before dishonour)
Lule� Kranium har varit i farten sedan slutet av 90-talet �nd� �r vinylsjuan "Rakt in i d�den" det f�rsta jag har h�rt med bandet. Och det �r lite synd. F�r det finns nog en hel del godbitar i det h�r g�ngets l�tkatalog. De fem l�tarna p� den h�r singeln skvallrar om ett g�ng som har v�ta dr�mmar om No Security, Svart Sn� och kanske R�vsvett. Kranium spelar r�punk i samma skola och hade ljudet p� den h�r plattan varit b�ttre hade den nog snurat oftare.
Favoritsp�r: Rakt in i d�den
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REWIEWS OF "RAWPUNK APOCALYPSE"
(bloggasfuck)
En CDr med Kranium fanns som sagt ocks� med i paketet. En 34 l�tars samling med l�tar mellan 1999 och 2007. Jag har ju tidigare bara h�rt deras senaste 7'' som sagt, och den tyckte jag var schysst. Skivan b�rjar med 6 l�tar som tidigare sl�ppts som en demo kallad "90 tal". Och det �r mellantempo k�ng som sm�ller p� bra tycker jag. Ska jag gn�lla lite s� f�r det bli gitarrsolona som e lite h�gt mixade, men va fasen... Sen �r det dags f�r en inspelning som sl�pptes som 7'' "Skitsamh�lle". Tempot �r lite, lite h�gre och det p�minner en hel del om No Security p� sina st�llen, s�ngen l�ter j�vligt Harri ibland. �verhuvudtaget l�ter det ganska mycket 80-tal. Skitslickers har nog ocks� vart med och influerat en del, lyssna p� versriffet i "Kan inte v�nta"... Briljant p� min �ra. Finns 7'' kvar att k�pa Nils?. M�rker att det �r meningsl�st att sitta och recensera varje inspelning f�r sig, f�r det forts�tter i samma stil fr�n b�rjan till slut. 80-tals r�punk/k�ng fr�n 2000 talet. 34 l�tar i ett str�ck blir ju i mesta laget, men det �r ju kul att ha allt samlat p� en skiva. Och den kommer definitivt att lyssnas p� igen, det kan jag lova. Nej, den h�r ska ni skaffa f�r det sv�nger �t b�gge h�ll. Kolla pris med Nils... L�t 21-26 e lite mysko ljud p� j�mf�rt med dom andra kan jag ju till�gga med.