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Norwegian 66CRUSHER Release New Album “Limbo” on February 17th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 7, 2023
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Welcome to your time in Limbo! This is the fourth album by Norwegian progressive thrashers 66CRUSHER, and the second one on Gymnocal Industries. Limbo will be released on February 17th. The themes this time revolve around dying, what happens after death, trench life during the first World War, a forever sailing ghost ship, and uncovering ancestral secrets.

Limbo is not a concept album, but lingering and being stuck in time or between two worlds is a red thread throughout the album. Musically the band has developed a lot from “Wanderer” (2015), but you can very much see the lineage all the way back to the 2007 debut “Truth Unmasked”. Fast and aggressive, yes, but always making room for great hooks and melodies. Never fearing to do something unexpected to throw the listeners out of their comfort zone.

The band recorded most of the album in their home studio, except drums, which were handled by Herbrand Larsen in Conclave & Earshot Studios. All vocals, keys and bass by Jarle Olsvoll. Guitars were done by Jarle and Martin Legreid. Drums by Håkon Bergstad.

Mixing and mastering by Russ Russell at Parlour Studios in UK.

Sophomore Album From Prog Metallers 66CRUSHER Out On Misanthropica Enterprises

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 20, 2011
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Friday the 20th May sees the release on San Diego’s Misanthropica Enterprises  of ”Blackest Day”, the sophomore album from Progressive Metallers 66CRUSHER.  The nine-track album is the  follow up to the 2007 acclaimed debut ”Truth Unmasked”. The recording of ”Blackest Day” was split between the band, who recorded the guitars, vocals, bass and keys themselves, and two of Norway’s leading musicians and producers, with VULTURE INDUSTRIES and BLACK HOLE GENERATOR front man Bjornar E. Nilsen recording the drums and ENSLAVED and AUDREY HORNE’s Herbrand Larsen handling the mixing and mastering at their Conclave and Earshot Studios in Bergen.

Track listing for ”Blackest Day” as follows:
1. Blackest day
2. Warmonger
3. Unsaid
4. Concept of elimination
5. Recreated reality
6. Borderline
7. Shipwrecked
8. Diminished mind
9. Us beneath the sea

A band that blends Progressive elements with Thrash and classical Metal to produce a very distinctive sound, 66CRUSHER was formed in the late 1990’s by vocalist and guitarist Jarle Olsvoll and drummer Håkon Obdsaija Bergstad (ex DEVAR), in their home town of Bergen.  The arrival of Jonny Wolf on guitars and  Øystein Kummen on bass in 2001/02 allowed the band to really come into its own, and live appearances and a couple of demos followed, leading to an offer from the US label Misanthropica Enterprises for the release of ”Truth Unmasked”.  2009 saw one more change in the lineup, with the arrival of Martin Legreid to replace the departing Wolf.  Legreid, guitarist with  HELLISH OUTCAST, is considered by many to  be the godfather of the Bergen Thrash/Death Metal scene.  More information about the band can be found at http://www.66crusher.com

Below you can see the official promo video for the track “Blackest Day”.

Details of Sophomore Album From Prog Metallers 66Crusher Revealed

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 17, 2011
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Norwegian Progressive Metallers 66CRUSHER have announced the details of their sophomore album ”Blackest Day”,  which is scheduled for release on Misanthropica Enterprises on the 20th May.   This is the second release from 66CRUSHER on the San Diego, California, based label, which had previously released the band’s much acclaimed debut album ”Truth Unmasked”.  Guitars, vocals, bass and keys on ”Blackest Day” were recorded by the band themselves, but the rest was handled at Bergen’s Conclave and Earshot Studios, by two of Norway’s leading producers and musicians.  Bjornar Nilsen (VULTURE INDUSTRIES, BLACK HOLE GENERATOR), known for his work with HELHEIM and TAAKE, amongst others, recorded the drums, whilst the mixing was done by Herbrand Larsen (ENSLAVED, AUDREY HORNE).

Track listing for ”Blackest Day” as follows:

1) Blackest day
2) Recreated reality
3) Unsaid
4) Concept of elimination
5) Recreated reality
6) Borderline
7) Shipwrecked
8) Diminished mind
9) Us beneath the sea

Incorporating Progressive Elements combined with Classical Metal and Thrash, 66CRUSHER, whose music has been decscribed as ”brilliant, brutal and beautiful”, was formed in the late 1990’s in Bergen, Norway, by frontman and guitarist Jarle Olsvoll and former DEVAR drummer Håkon Obdsaija Bergstad.  It wasn’t until 2001-02, when  guitarist Jonny Wolf and bassplayer Øystein Kummen joined the ranks, that the band really started to take off, releasing a couple of demos and playing local dates.  In 2007 Misanthropica Enterprises signed the band and released ”Truth Unmased”, which led to more live appearances, including the national final of Wacken Metal Battle.  In 2009 Wolf left the band and was replaced by Martin Legreid of HELLISH OUTCAST, a highly respected guitarist, who is regarded by the new generation of fans as the godfather of Bergen’s Thrash/Death Metal scene.

66CRUSHER will launch ”Blackest Day” at with a show at Hulen in Bergen on the 20th May.  More information about the band can be found at http://www.66crusher.com. 66CRUSHER’s SoundCloud Player which inclues tracks from both ”Blackest Day” and ”Truth Unmasked” can be found at http://soundcloud.com/66crusher

Below you can see the official promo video for the track “Blackest Day”.