BLACKWELDER is:

BLACKWELDER is a winning formula of raw musical virtuosity that holds the listener’s ears right from the start. This act is surely not one to be missed and cannot be denied.

Known for breaking new ground, Keep Of Kalessin does it again! Norway’s has more than once been under fire for breaking the rules of metal. But with a strong vision of “no boundaries” the powerful trio pushes on unaffected by storms and challenges, and has over the years gained a list of merits matched by few of their peers. This includes #2 on the official Norwegian sales charts, #3 in Norwegian Eurovision and 2 Norwegian Grammy award nominations, as well as countless top reviews and hundreds of shows all across the world. Their innovative unique style and technical skills, has gained the band great respect amongst journalists and awarded Keep Of Kalessin an ever growing fanbase of followers around the globe. It has been 5 years since the last full-length, but Keep is now finally ready with a new album. And what an album it is! With this monster of Epic Extreme Metal, the band it really stepping up their game. It is a diverse album that takes everything we love from 80’s heavy metal, thrash, death and black metal into one pot and mixes it perfectly to create an album that is epic and extreme, brutal and beautiful and an album that anyone into metal will find entertaining and empowering! As a new trio, guitarist and now also lead singer and front man Obsidian C. does a remarkable job at handling technical guitar riffs as well as doing all different vocal styles with a more powerful expression than his predecessor. There is no doubt that Keep Of Kalessin 2015 is going to be better than ever! Be prepared to bow for “the world’s most powerful powertrio” on February 16th 2015!