IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal http://www.itsatrap.com/ Scandinavian music news, daily mp3 downloads, reviews, interviews and more Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:04:15 -0700 2026 http://www.itsatrap.com/images/logo.png http://www.itsatrap.com/ IT'S A TRAP! Scandinavian Music Journal 137 141 Craft Void Trust No One Recordings/Southern Lord http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39165-craft-void-trust-no-one-recordings-southern-lord http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39165-craft-void-trust-no-one-recordings-southern-lord http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39165-craft-void-trust-no-one-recordings-southern-lord#comments Carpathian Forest from Sweden" is the best way to describe Craft. Image, ethos, artwork, album titles, song titles, music; it's all just a punked-up rehash of Nattefrost's sick utterings, so much so that if you were to fire a Carpathian sticker over the Craft logo on any of their albums you'd probably be none the wiser. They have experimented with other people's styles, however, and on "Void" there's any number of big-time black metal bands shining through. Just one listen reveals a multitude of them which, it must be stressed, are familiarities rather than blatant rip-offs. This distinct lack of originality hits the album hard, though. There are some nice moments (although nice is hardly a word that Craft would want used here) but it's just too... meh. It's been done before. Hundreds of times. There's absolutely nothing exciting about it and, if truth be told, it's almost a chore to have to sit it out until the end.]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:26:13 -0800 reviews Top 10s for 2011: Larzon (Millencolin/De:Nihil Records/Kvoteringen) http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39028-top-10s-for-2011-larzon-millencolin-de-nihil-records-kvoteringen http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39028-top-10s-for-2011-larzon-millencolin-de-nihil-records-kvoteringen http://www.itsatrap.com/n/39028-top-10s-for-2011-larzon-millencolin-de-nihil-records-kvoteringen#comments Here we go.

1. Olivia, my second child was born in June.
2. Soundwave Festival in Australia with Millencolin. Sick line-up and loads of fun.
3. All 6 records we've managed to release this year on my label .

#4-10 in no particular order.

· Skizophrenia "This Fucking Skizophrenia! Still A Raped Ass" 7"
· Graveyard "Hisingen Blues" LP
· Fucked Up "David Comes To Life" 2xLP
· Craft "Void" 2xLP
· Tom Waits "Bad As Me" LP
· Night Birds "The Other Side Of Darkness" LP
· Mad Men "Suspiria" 7"

Working on now and 2012.

Got a couple of cool releases coming up on such as this awesome project involving The Skull Defekts, Bo Cavefors & Pär Strömberg.
We're also co-releasing Uppsala based oldschool hardcore kids Agent Attitude.

Millencolin are celebrating 20yrs as a band 2012!
We've got a few great surprises on the way there. We'll record some new stuff Dec/Jan for different releases plus more stuff coming up.

With Kvoteringen we'll record new mangel attacks very soon I hope and we've got some liveshows planned as well.

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]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:48:44 -0800 articles top10s Aversion on Craft http://www.itsatrap.com/n/38743-aversion-on-craft http://www.itsatrap.com/n/38743-aversion-on-craft http://www.itsatrap.com/n/38743-aversion-on-craft#comments Aversionline is a fan of the latest Craft album "Void": http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2011/11/01/craft-void-cd-lp-2xlp/

]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:08:52 -0700 news general MP3: Craft - Bring on the clouds http://www.itsatrap.com/n/38171-mp3-craft-bring-on-the-clouds http://www.itsatrap.com/n/38171-mp3-craft-bring-on-the-clouds http://www.itsatrap.com/n/38171-mp3-craft-bring-on-the-clouds#comments Still can't say that I'm all that interested in new/contemporary black metal, but give me some mid-tempo Bathory-style pummel infused with the coldness of Satyricon and I'll take it. Pretty sure the first vinyl run of the new Craft album "Void" is long-gone at this point, but maybe there's an obscuro distro out there with a copy or two left. Who knows? Not that I'm one to play the speculation game, but I bet it's worth grabbing if only just to flip at some point down the road.

]]> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:33:54 -0700 mp3s Craft album gets release date, sample posted http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37842-craft-album-gets-release-date-sample-posted http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37842-craft-album-gets-release-date-sample-posted http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37842-craft-album-gets-release-date-sample-posted#comments

Craft's new album "Void" is confirmed for release on August 5 with handling the 2LP in Sweden, doing the CD and taking care of things in the US.

]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:37:14 -0700 news general vinyl multimedia TNO confirms Terra Tenebrosa vinyl, more http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37174-tno-confirms-terra-tenebrosa-vinyl-more http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37174-tno-confirms-terra-tenebrosa-vinyl-more http://www.itsatrap.com/n/37174-tno-confirms-terra-tenebrosa-vinyl-more#comments reports that, yes, Terra Tenebrosa vinyl is indeed on the way as well the rumored Craft LP (a 2xLP version of the new album "Void") plus a new 7" from Sonic Ritual.

]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:09:49 -0700 news general vinyl TNO to release Craft? http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36649-tno-to-release-craft http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36649-tno-to-release-craft http://www.itsatrap.com/n/36649-tno-to-release-craft#comments It's not 100% confirmed and I hope that me posting about it doesn't jinx it, but apparently will be putting out the next Craft LP.

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:51:44 -0800 news general vinyl http://www.itsatrap.com/n/7047 http://www.itsatrap.com/n/7047 http://www.itsatrap.com/n/7047#comments Aversionline posts on Swedish black-metal acts Craft, Arckanum and Svartsyn: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2006/02/loads-of-swedish-black-metal.html]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 news http://www.itsatrap.com/n/7270 http://www.itsatrap.com/n/7270 http://www.itsatrap.com/n/7270#comments Also at Dusted today is a review of the new one from Swedish doom/black-metal act Craft: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2648]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 news