Genre: Punk/crust
Origin: Sweden
Released: 2006
Website: Skallbrand
Label: -
Uploaded: 11.07.06

This is the band’s first demo, released not too long ago, and they’ve only been around since October last year. So what we’re dealing with here is a very young and ambitious band.
The Discharge reeking Gas War starts off the demo, and I prepare myself for old school British crust worshipping. But while there’s a big dose of crust in about half of these songs, the rest are pure punk with a pinch of rock. The energetic, sing-along friendly Cop bastards is a cheerful (at least music wise) track of speedy riffs and pissed off lyrics. But after that cheerful note we get a down-tuned, heavier and even more pissed off punk track in Barnskändarsvin. The song has a great chorus and an awesome guitar solo about 1.30 into it, which gets your body rockin’ uncontrollably. Iskallt helvete is a harsh, crusty track with, once again, a killer guitar solo that instantly gets your feet stompin’ and body rockin’ like crazy. But no matter how great the music can be for the remaining songs Mad man, The loser isn’t me and Rude vibes I just can’t fucking stand the vocals. Crappy, distorted female vocals reminiscent of the early 80ies. But it just sucks and completely shatters the powerful music. Joel’s vocals can be both harsh and a little gentler, so why the hell’s he not singing? Well, that’s a mystery to me…
I love the fact that they mix both Swedish and English lyrics, but it disturbs me that he sings in some generic Swedish dialect instead of embracing his true heritage – skånska! They vocals would sound a hell of a lot cooler if they were just in his original accent. ‘Cause if I remember correctly from hearing him speak at a gig he sure speaks skånska. Anyway, a really great demo (despite the awful vocals at times), and it surprises me it’s their first. If they keep this up they’ll be taking the punk and crust scene by storm.

Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Gas war
03. Cop bastards
04. Barnskändarsvin
05. Mad man
06. Iskallt helvete
07. The loser isn’t me
08. Rude vibes