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Band:Krux DVD:Krux: Live Released by:Escapi Music Writer: Iain Media: MySpace Click Album Cover To Buy Now

Combine members of Candlemass, Entombed, Grave, and Yngwie Malmsteen together in a doom metal band and you the super group Krux. Yet, doom metal doesn’t seem to the best genre to put out on DVD. To put on a good show a band has put out a good amount of energy that the crowd can feed off, but Krux doesn’t seem to capture any energy on their DVD.

Now, for a relatively small band new to put out a DVD with good sound, good video quality and multiple camera angles is quite a feat. It makes me wonder if the band paid for it themselves or if the label took the bill. The one thing that did bug me was the fact that during a few of the solos the focus was on the vocals or drummer when it should have been on the guitarist.

From the onset, Krux unleashes heavy riff after heavy riff on ‘Black Room’ and ‘Enigma EZB’ but then the set lulls for a few songs. However, the band gets the doom back on with the tracks ‘Omfalos’ and ‘Popocatepetl.’ The self titled track ‘Krux’ is in my opinion the weakest song on the DVD, not only due to the song but if your going have a self titled track you should really get into performing it live. But the band looks bored which starts to spill over to the audience. The final track however, ‘Lunochuod’, finally brings back the energy following a short, spacey bass solo.

One thing that caught me off guard was how similar vocalist Mats Leven looks and sounds like Chris Cornell, formerly of Soundgarden and now Audioslave. The main difference between the two is Leven’s lack of Cornell’s extremely annoying whine. Fredrik Åkesson lays down some very impressive solos through out the DVD while rhythm guitarist Sandstrom and bassist Edling provide the low end. Drummer Peter Stjarnvind (Entombed) punishes the skins the entire set with his recognizable kit with the upside down cross bass head. Stjarnvind is a very solid drummer, yet the fact he has a scumstache and has had one for year’s bugs me to no end.

The interview is very short and rather dull. It goes through the conception of the band and the gathering of the members. It doesn’t really cover anything that would interest anybody other than the most hardcore of fans. The broken English doesn’t help the interview either.

Overall, “Krux: Live” is a rather disappointing DVD. The songs are good for the most part, but watching the band live is a bit of a bore. The interview is only 10 minutes long and the image gallery is just plain lame. Therefore Krux: Live receives a 6 out of 10.

Band:Krux DVD:Krux: Live Released by:Escapi Music Writer: Iain Media: MySpace Click Album Cover To Buy Now

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