Swedish stalwarts Totalitär is back, baby! After almost 20 years since 2007's Vi Är Eliten , it's a new record, and this one is a ripper, as to be expected. Nevermind the fact that the band has been together off and on for 40 years, you wouldn't know it from the album (though the vocals are getting a bit shredded). This one doesn't let up: from the jump, you're grabbed right by the lapels. If you're seeking variety, a departure from the norm, or innovation, perhaps this isn't the place to seek it (though there is one part that slows down to almost a weird blues-rock stomp and solo on Stolta Barbarer [Proud Barbarians]).
The lyric sheet contains English, Spanish and Japanese explainers for each song. Lyrical content is what they've been raging about for 40 years now: anti war, anti environmental destruction, anti fascism, frustration by and with our soul-crushing society.
Totalitär isn't my favorite band, but they're always solid and this one delivers in a flash. Listen to this one a few times in a row to get the full effect.