OKKULTOKRATI COMMENCE EU-UK SPRING TOUR; NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘OCULAR VIOLENCE’ REVEALED
Norwegian mavericks Okkultokrati have kicked off their Spring EU/UK tour in support of their inventive and addictive new album Raspberry Dawn (Sept 2016, Southern Lord) with a new video for the track ‘Ocular Violence’ now circulating for your visual and aural perusal. All remaining dates and venues are now listed below:-
WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR THE TRACK OCULAR VIOLENCE, DIRECTED BY HANS HANSEN
EU – UK SPRING TOUR 2017
29.03 Milano, ITA – Spazio Ligera
30.03 Lyon, FRA – Trokson
31.03 Rouen, FRA – Hipster cafe
01.04 Lille, FRA – 301 live club
02.04 Birmingham, UK – The Flapper
03.04 London, UK – Our Black Heart
05.04 Glasgow, UK – Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
06.04 Newcastle, UK – The Cluny
07.04 Rottedam, NL – Motel Mozaique Festival
08.04 Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn
09.04 Kortijk, BE – The Pit’s
10.04 Bruxelles, BE – Magasin 4
29.03 Milano, ITA – Spazio Ligera
30.03 Lyon, FRA – Trokson
31.03 Rouen, FRA – Hipster cafe
01.04 Lille, FRA – 301 live club
02.04 Birmingham, UK – The Flapper
03.04 London, UK – Our Black Heart
05.04 Glasgow, UK – Nice ‘N’ Sleazy
06.04 Newcastle, UK – The Cluny
07.04 Rottedam, NL – Motel Mozaique Festival
08.04 Nijmegen, NL – Merleyn
09.04 Kortijk, BE – The Pit’s
10.04 Bruxelles, BE – Magasin 4
While paying homage to their native region’s 1990s black metal heritage, the cinematic synth/goth rock of the prior decade, and the raging early punk movement ahead of that, Okkultokrati still manages to create sincerely original and infectious music through every bar of Raspberry Dawn, resulting in a starkly raw and original sounding album.
STREAM ALL OF RASPBERRY DAWN VIA BANDCAMP
Raspberry Dawn is out now on CD, LP, and all digital platforms via the Southern Lord store.
“A genuine album of the year contender…Okkultokrati have blown all notions of what Scando-punk is clear across the Barents Sea. The caustic Hidden Future harks back to their roots, yet its the rousing Ocular Violence – which wouldn’t sound out of place on Killing Joke’s Brigher Than A Thousand Suns – that proves the real highlight in a LP full of them. Stunning.”
– METAL HAMMER (8/10)
“Like Venom meeting Warfare…Equally rocking and experimental – a rather brilliant balance to strike.” – ZERO TOLERANCE
“Commendably individual, and coated in a dirty film of fuzz.” – TERRORIZER
“Oscillating as it does between catchy belters and almost industrial garage rock anthems. And as every good record, it knows when to clock out, leaving no choice but to play it again.”
– IRON FIST
“…they’re offering up music that’s leagues away from anything they’ve produced before; they sound weird, wired and have totally reinvented themselves. Classic 70’s strings vibe with crusty sounding punk beats, married up to aggressive sounding vintage metal; as if that’s not enough to get your head around, the band then mix in throbbing pulsations of dark wave and razor sharp, psychedelic loops. Despite the plethora of influences at work here, each song feels effortless and strangely catchy. They are obviously playing from a place that has metal at its core, but work in a progressive edge that adds an air of acid tinged mayhem to the entire record, packing enough reverb to make your head spin… If you were to lock Ian Curtis, Robert Smith, Mat McNerney and Fenriz in a recording studio for 24 hours then this would likely be the musical fallout.” – AVE NOCTUM
“Raspberry Dawn carries such a manic energy and flamboyant disregard for what’s expected of it that it is arguably both the most interesting and defiantly punk rock statement the band has made thus far.” – THE QUIETUS
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