Solar Anus made on The Quietus and Mojo's top lists ov 2011.
No 2 in Mojo!
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Our good friend Boris from Okkultokrati joins the Årabrot force
OUT NOW! Madonna Was a Whore 7" with an outtake from the Solar Anus sessions called 300 nights on the B side. Limited to 200 ex! Get the car keys get, the guns and order it here.
Hell ye! New album out on Fysisk Format Sep 9th.
The first single, Madonna Was a Whore, is out on digital format now!
Stream it below or buy it from iTunes.
The 7" will be out on Norway Rat Records soon!
Both bands recorded with Stian Skagen of Concept Virus and Nernes/Skagen fame, and old friend Billy Anderson mastered it. 500 copies on vinyl. First 100 copies on deep red vinyl, rest on black. Killer gatefold cover with artwork by Sebastian Rusten.
Great hails from the Northern sky to everyone coming out - promoters, bikers & lolitas - for making our North American tour 2011 such a pleasant ride. Much obliged, Wiz Rif and Nate!
From the 16th we're heading back to Chicago to mix our new album with Steve. The album - ostentatiously entitled Solaranus - is out Sept. 1 on the mighty Fysisk Format.
Also, great rumors of another liaison with fellow nekrosludgers Okkultokrati coming up in June. This time around cut to lacquer. Stay alert for more info!
We're happy to announce we're now part of the mighty Mythology Booking roster. Proper European touring coming up! Check out: http://www.mythology-live.com/
Beware Bataille! Arabrot's bringing your sordid philosophical universe to Chicago in March. Accompanied by tons of riffage of course. New recording session in Electrical Audio's Studio A from 8th to 14th of March in alliance with Steve Albini and concept.virus. New record release scheduled for September on Fysisk Format.
Also we're heading for a 3 week East Coast USA/Canada tour in coalition with Wizard Rifle, starting off with an appearance at the SXSW festival in Austin March 17th. http://www.myspace.com/wizardrifle Check tour dates for info.
And my oh my, there's even a new website. Not bad!
We will perform at Tromsø International Film Festival
January 22 2011.
It will be our take on the cult horror movie The cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The session is set to happen at the art collective Kurant. More info on the festival here
MOJO "underground band of the month" 4 stars, click the image to enlarge.
TERRORIZER 4/5, click the image to enlarge.
Ox Magazine
Review (9/10)
"Wer Unsane-Platten heute noch für hart hält, sollte sich von diesen
Norwegern eines Besseren belehren lassen!"
Metal Sucks 4/5 horns "Like something slathered in hot sauce, sure, you feel a little gross afterward. But while you’re eating, it’s intense and delicious."
The Stool Pigeon 5/5 "It’s been a while coming, but Årabrot have finally earned and cemented their reputation as one of Europe’s best heavy rock bands." John Doran
Drowned in Sound 9/10 "This album is ferocious, funny, colossal, guttural, hopeful and terrifying. It's a tidal wave of noise from few hands. Like its title, it's a contradiction, a dichotomy, a triumph. It shouldn't work, but it does, infinitely well. It's art from the lowest of sods. It's a fucking triumph. "
Dagsavisen 5/6 "Verden er i ferd med å drukne i dritt. Årabrot har kanskje ikke tenkt å gjøre så mye med saken, men «Solar Anus» er i det minste en brå oppvåkning. " Oda Faremo Lindholm
Stream new tracks from the upcoming ÅRABROT album Solar Anus
The Stool Pigeon 5/5
"Basically, if you’ve ever read Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life and thought, “Why do we never get bands like this anymore?” then Årabrot are for you."
sonicabuse.com
"Absolutely original and totally without peer this is the most thrilling, exciting, dirty album you’ll ever hear and if you have any love at all for uncompromising, heavy music then you need this more than any of the mainstream metal bands that the press get excited about. This is just astounding. Buy it, and buy it now… or they will find you."
Drowned in Sound.com 8/10 "Revenge is a truly special record, and one that deserves to permeate beyond the confines of the metal community."
Revenge manages to surprise and confuse you in equal measure, as Arabrot don’t stick to one time length; you can have songs that hit you like a truck with 2 minutes in length, then be confronted with a twelve minute song, then an even faster one minute hit. It’s pure rawness, that manages to build tension before giving you the rage at a volume of 10.
Hellbound
This is music for punching things to. A soundtrack for using one’s forehead as a blunt-force trauma weapon. Theme music for inexplicably waking up one morning with voluntary Tourette’s Syndrome and telling the entire world to –rightfully- get fucked. Truly, this is REVENGE music, and it’s Årabrot’s finest work so far.
Rock Sound 8/10 ... we offer the following advice: Don't fuck with Årabrot.
musicomh.com 4,5/5
"Every step of the way it is as oppressive as anything Swans produced on their skull crushingly heavy album Cop, and as such, it's utterly thrilling.
Revenge is not an album for the faint hearted, but for those who like to indulge in the darker side of life, there are few better albums out there."
mindovermetal.org 4/5
The news is out – Årabrot continues to be one of the most interesting bands in northern heavy music.
The 405 9/10
Their fourth album Revenge is full of furious, raw music that constantly feels that it is being met with resistance, like two positively charged ions.
Hah finally! stereoboard.com 2/10 A noise so terrible that you will be faced with an eviction notice should you choose to play this album.
ROCK A ROLLA:
criticalmass.se 9/10
Sällan har ett album berört mig så mycket som "Revenge". Att musik kan vara så lekfull, ond och fysiskt krävande på en gång hade jag ingen aning om. Men ÅRABROT har lyckats.
Norsk:
NRK Lydverket 5/6 Revenge fremstår som kulminasjonen av mange års hardt arbeid, et styggvakkert epos som for alvor bør plassere Årabrot på det internasjonale noise- og metalkartet.
musikkfranorge.blogspot.com
"Sjelden har det vært lettere å anbefale et rockealbum enn dette. Løp og kjøp....."
nymusikkhverdag.blogg.no
"Alt i alt er REVENGE en fantastisk utvidelse av Årabrot sin katalog, der det føres seg inn i rekken av noen av norsk musikk sine mest agressive og intense album noensinne. Årabrot er kommet for å bli. Løp og kjøp!"
groove.no 5/7
"For å være en plate som er såpass opptatt av hevn og død er dette musikk som gir oppsiktsvekkende store vyer for for videre liv og håp for rocken."
Dagsavisen 5/6
"Vi har alle følt på hatet, vi har alle følt på mørket. Jeg vil anbefale å føle litt på Årabrot"
Close-up 8/10
Scream magazine 5/6
musikknyheter.no 9/10
Årabrot har sluppet en av årets mest spennende og originale skiver. "Revenge" stiller på sidelinjen av mere tradisjonell metal, men står ikke tilbake for noe. Dynamikk, intensitet og ikke minst stemning står i høysete. Perfekt nå som høsten kommer. På med øreklokkene, ned med lyset og kom deg inn i Årabrots utenkelige univers.
rockeweb.com 6/6
"...denne skiva synes som et nærmest fullkomment musikalsk produkt."
studvest.no B
"Nytes best i en mørk og kald kjeller, i eget selskap."
