Kollapse
After releasing and supporting their debut “Angst” with a string of live shows, the band struggled to keep a steady line up and ended up losing two of its members in the process. The band was hanging on by the skin of their teeth until a new core member could be inducted. The last couple of years Kollapse has been mutating and its members have been diving headfirst into a process of reshaping the artistic core of the band. Just as the band was solidifying as a trio the entire country went on lock down. Being isolated in the northern part of Denmark added to the pressure cooker effect of pent up frustration.
Creating the new album was a struggle.
As a
trio the band is more focused than ever, both in terms of subject
matter as well as sound. On “Sult” the band lets their heavy noise rock
and 90’ies influences shine through with a sharp almost “you are there
in the room” feel and intensity. The record stands as a testament to
willpower.
The album itself is about hunger:
The
absence of skin on skin and the catastrophic consequences when that
hunger turns into desperation. It is about the duality of searching for
purpose and losing all in the process. Staring long and hard into the
void and realizing the futility of struggle. Sult is a statement on
desire, grief and the pure human necessity to scream back at an empty
existence. it is a step onto the road of grim realism paved by mavericks
such as Edward Munch, Carl Th. Dreyer and Stig Sæterbakken. Offering no
solutions or postmodern irony, “Sult” simply reaches out.
Existentialism and force collide.
Life plods on, until it doesn’t.
Photo: Kollapse
