Artist: Keep Of Kalessin
Title: Kolossus
Label: Season Of Mist
Cat #: SOM837
Release Year: 2008/2025
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case

Even Norwegian legends aren’t immune to metal’s epidemic lineup changes. With the departure of Frost and Attila, even those who’ve followed the band through times of war might’ve feared that KEEP OF KALESSIN had been mortally wounded. After all, the band’s fearless leader was also playing guitar for Satyricon.

Of course, Arnt Obsidian did soldier on. Backed by a new wizard on bass and an Internet sensation on the drum kit, KEEP OF KALESSIN claimed their second Norwegian Grammy nomination with their colossal fourth album. ‘Kolossus’ is still forged from the melodic but no less fiery cauldrons of black metal. Guitar solos slice like long swords while double bass pounds with all the relentless fury of a war drum. But adding acoustic polish and symphonic flurries to their arsenal elevated the band to a higher field of battle.

“My name will spawn legends”, Thebon screams, going down in a blaze of glory amidst the album’s ascendant grand finale.

Even amongst their many treasures, ‘Kolossus’ still shines as one of KEEP OF KALESSIN’s crown jewels.

Artwork by Terje Johnsen.

Recommended if you like: Watain, Enslaved, Ensiferum, Cobalt, Bethlehem, Cradle Of Filth, The Atlas Moth, Funeral Mist, Forgotten Tomb, Shape of Despair

Tracklist:
01. Origin
02. A New Empire's Birth
03. Against the Gods
04. The Rising Sign
05. Warmonger
06. Escape the Union
07. The Mark of Power
08. Kolossus
09. Ascendant