Kylmä Krypta Kylmä Krypta cassette
Finnish/German band KYLMÄ KRYPTA calls Hamburg home, but is inspired heavily by the icy northern country of boreal forests and saunas. Finnish lyrics are delivered over song structures that are similar to an overdriven MUSTA PARAATI, and the whole production comes out sounding punk as fuck. Not the heavy-handed, metallic-toned crust that is currently rounding the circle pit, but a breed of punk that is more apocalyptic while maintaining a sound built out of more traditional rock’n’roll. It’s kind of like EASTERN SYNDROME out of Berlin, who put out a bomb-blast of a cassette EP two years ago. If you don’t understand what I’m yapping about, then imagine VICE SQUAD teamed up with 45 GRAVE, ditch the surf rock, and you’ll be almost to the concept of KYLMÄ KRYPTA.