After some cool shows in 2005 with the likes of Dillinger Escape Plan, Unsane and Cult Of Luna and a memorable apparition at the Fury Fest Festival, KRUGER has cooked a new heavy and loaded dose of modern noise metal for their third opus ♣REDEMPTION THROUGH LOOSENESS♣ which was released this spring on LISTENABLE RECORDS.
Gloomy and dark, yet overwhelmingly powerful, this new 9-track album drowns the band’s acknowledged influences (Breach, Entombed, Tool, Godflesh, Neurosis) in an intense magma of shredding metallurgic charges, drilling vocal turpitudes and desperate naked heaviness. Thematically still stuck in out-of-subject considerations and cynical bottle stories, KRUGER drive faster and louder, crashing the post-hardcore clichés in their way.
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Hitcher opened proceedings with a fine line in Pelican-esque dynamics and some haunting soundscapes. Infinitely better than I remember them being, they definitely appear to be on track to becoming one of Edinburgh's shining lights as far as atmospheric metal goes. It felt like getting kicked in the stomach when the bass kicked in.
Thanks to James from Attack The Hive for the write-up
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Please note the following stage times, we are aiming to squeeze in as much music as we can for your dollar, each act will play a 40 minute minimum.
10.00-10.40 The Mirimar Disaster
9.00-9.40 Kruger
8.00-8.40 Humanfly
7.00-7.40 Hitcher