Release Date: April 14th 2023. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Scavenger Kings - Tracklisting
1.Scavenger Kings 04:28
2.Sinking Ship 03:31
3.Vargarnas Natt 03:00
Members
Östen Jäderberg - drums
Magnus Öhrn - vocals and bass
Martin Sällström - vocals and guitar
Review
Scavenger Kings is the new EP from Vulture Neck who specialise in playing a winning mixture of Heavy Rock, Doom Metal and Sludge Metal. There’s also a subtle underground Punk Rock feel which allows Vulture Neck to have an aggressive but catchy sound of their own. There’s a cool “Power Trio” dynamic to Vulture Neck which is used to great effect on the opening title track Scavenger Kings.
The song has a slight claustrophobic feeling that allows the EP to have a “rough and ready” approach within the production values. The music has little flashes of Psych Rock which work superbly well with the vocals from both Magnus and Martin. The EP also has that “Nordic” sound running within it’s creative DNA which Vulture Neck run amok with on the other two excellent tracks of Sinking Ship and Vargarnas Natt.
The EP has a fantastic “rebel” or “troublemaker” attitude to it which reminds me of Kvelertak at times which is mostly heard on Sinking Ship and Vargarnas Natt.
Scavenger Kings is a great EP that offers quality entertainment for the eleven or so minutes that it runs for. The EP could have done with a couple more tracks but apart from that minor complaint, Vulture Neck are onto a winner here. More please….
Words by Steve Howe
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