OUTBURN ONLINE
April 16, 2021
BY KEVIN STEWART-PANKO
Coming off a triumphant album cycle for 2018’s
Gateways that saw the finest power trio from the suburbs of Reykjavik tour the Old World as headliners, then as direct support to Opeth, 2020 was originally designed to keep the momentum churning with a new album, a new deal with Napalm Records, and more bolt loosening and scaffold rattling as they conquered stages here, there, and everywhere.
It’s an increasingly tired and frustrating story, but we all know what happened to anyone who had plans to do anything in 2020. Still, with the high-octane and infectious psychedelic/progressive hard rock of