Cargo Records

Snakereigns

Second album from Norway's rawest punkmetal act. Produced by Emil Nikolaisen of Serena Maneesh. // "Okkultokrati is definitely rooted in punk, but in the same way that Venom and Motorhead is." Brooklyn Vegan .

Okkultokrati was conceived when members from Haust and a bunch of other Oslo-based underground bands joined forces with the aim to create fast and ugly music that was not hardcore - and definitely not metal! Together with Haust, Dark Times and a handful of other bands, Okkultokrati constitutes the Black Hole Crew-scene, famed for their reluctancy to be associated with anything else but themselves. While their first album was produced by Haust's Ruben Willem, Okkultokrati asked Emil Nikolaisen of Serena Maneesh to record the follow-up. In addition to his vision and technical chops, Emil contributed with lead guitar on Let the Sun Recieve Her King, Nothing Awaits and I Thought of Demons - the latter also features a guest appearence from Vebjørn of Haust!

Musically, Snakereigns is a great leap for the band. Building their anthems on straightforward punk beats with the filth of unholy rock n' roll running through their veins, Okkultokrati proudly let their influences from the masters of the genre bleed through, yet their spine-crushing anthems speak for themselves with unique guitar atmospheres and a mix of high/low-end riffage busting through the thunderous percussion and gnarled vocals. The lyrical themes deal with the great end on three levels: The end of the universe, the end of the world and the end of self.