Yeah, the Norwegian fun troll metallers TROLLFEST strike again, just one year after their last release Willkommen Folk Tell Drekka Fest!!.
And again, they give impressive proof of the fact that you don’t need to be from Finland, to be completely freaky ;) The second album, again in so called “trollish” language (sort of a weird mix of Norwegian and German languages) tells the story of the troll Brakebein, and the adventures he experiences on his quest fort the Legendarisk ØL (The Legendary Beer). The challenges he has to master are as manifold as the different songs are of varying styles.
The first track Legendarisk ØL describes in a kind of wild musical style the legendary troll party and its large amount of ancient brew for which Brakebein is going to search. Then, in the second song Brakebein himself makes his first appearance, gathering his men around him and commanding them to join him on his quest across the sea, musically accentuated by a mélange of rough metal sounds and jolly humppa tunes.
During their mission, the horde has to deal with plentiful obstacles. They have to face the pirate captain Busken (PiratKriegen), who they finally manage to slay in true troll manner when he is drunk. After that, while sailing across the sea with the captured ship, they have an encounter with a dangerous MeerUngeheuer (sea monster). This song might be the best, at least the funniest on Brakebein, as it’s a combination of Viking Metal, Humppa sounds and even piano tunes, what altogether comes up as the ultimate party song. After the whole ship’s company had a feast of the monsters corpse, follows the (sounding very merry with beer and wine) drinking song Inni Den Grotte with clean singing vocalist and a choir, which tells the tale of nothing less than another legend, a cave full of unbelievable amounts of alcohol *g*
Despite of another adventures and dangers the trolls unfortunately don’t manage to find the Legendarisk ØL and return home. Of course, they have a more then wild homecoming party there!
As its forerunner, Brakebein is a very entertaining album full of variations. You find anything from classic drinking songs, folk metal up to really brutal stuff here. And the four Norsemen proof beyond doubt, that they are not only completely cuckoo, but also know how to handle their instrument very well.
Guaranteed a CD for every Party, but I liked to listen it anywhere and anytime so far… And it’s surely interesting for German based listeners due to the Trollish language. I bet anyone with some German skills will be able to unriddle some text passages on Brakebein ;)
9/10 and hopefully the next album follows as quickly as this one did!