HASSLE
Bergen’s aggro-pop insurgents re-up and return to the fray
NORWEGIAN DEATH-DISCO
INVENTORS Blood Command really should be a lot bigger than they are at this point. Their last two full-length albums, 2012’s Funeral Beach and 2017’s Cult Drugs, were a hugely unique and utterly seductive mix of Blondie-style disco pop/ rock nuggets pumped up with riffs and aggression that could go toe to toe with any abrasive hardcore band. Not many bands could make sounding like Paramore and The Blood Brothers at the same time appear effortless, but they did it without skipping on the tunes.
Quite why they haven’t connected more may be down to the revolving door of vocalists, with former Pagan yelper Nikki Brumen making her debut here.
Hopefully the upheaval is over and the band can