KHADAVRA is an atypical Swedish psychedelic rock quartet created in 2012. Influences on early PINK FLOYD, on jazz, on psyche-space groups such as MONSTER MAGNET, HAWKWIND, TOOL, ISIS, MOTORPSYCHO, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR and the BLACK SABBATH veterans; by digging out certain beaches, the divine breaks of ANEKDOTEN and CAMEL come back; a little hints of KING CRIMSON and SIGUR ROS all that to say that we are in the experimental progressive psychedelic in my opinion, amen! They define themselves as digging deep into the untapped subconscious, seeking the unknown from within and expressing the sound found; a music inspired by common and unusual experiences on the surreal life we are currently living; sound on the dynamics, the emotion, the trance generated more than on the technicality of the notes, all amplified by the joint use of the English language and kindergarten.
KHADAVRA sets up with this opus a perfect musical oxymoron; mixture of dark light, warm darkness, a musical hyperbole imbued with sounds, emotions, ramblings influencing our mental associations; more than the psyche, we seem to be entering a hypnotic musical state here and it is not the classic French horn, didgeridoo, marimba, sitar instruments that will change our minds. So yes it takes progressive blood to dive into this maelstrom from which you will not be sure to return intact, on the other hand this album has the power to break a little more the progressive codes and to propose a new sound, this which is an undeniable plus at the start of the decade.
From Progarchives.com – reviewed by AlainPP
Tracklist:
- Stundom (0:54)
2. Shapeshifter (9:29)
3. Lucid Parasitosis (4:58)
4. Possession (16:18)
5. Zoning Out (4:20)
6. 10102020 (0:40)
7. Katla (14:34)
8. Anhedonia (5:37)
9. Vemod (7:26)
10. Hologram (9:48)Total Time 74:04
Line-up / Musicians
– Sebastian / guitar, vocals, sitar, Mellotron, synthesizer, percussion
– Alexander Eriksson / drums, vocals, percussion, glockenspiel
– Jon Klintö / bass, throat singing, whispers, acoustic guitar
– Marcus Holmström / keyboards, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer
With:
– Liv Fridén / flute (3,4,9,10)
– Ole Mathis Haglund / guitar, backing vocals (4,5)
– Ola Lindqvist / flute (7)
– Nils Erichson / keyboards (4)
