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Review by Michael on January 19, 2025.
De Tyfus, De Teerling is the long awaited fourth full-length album by Dutch chaos hordes Grafjammer hailing from Utrecht. With its predecessor De Zoute Kwel they achieved a lot of attention in the scene and so, there is the urgent question if they can fulfill the high expectations that come along with the new album. So let's dig a little bit deeper into that one.
After the short intro "De Dijk Is Dicht", you get a dirty pinch of black n'roll with some hateful vocals and gangshouts. Groovy parts that sound like some cool classic Norwegian bands mix with some more chaotic drumming and even some blackened blues. I guess if Autopsy would play black metal they would sound like that, fucking hell, this is really great.
What I really like on the album are the sick, almost vomited vocals by Jorre. I guess he did his very best to sound as sick as possible. And, what I already often stated when it comes to Dutch black metal, this language really fits perfectly to that style of music. This guttural language always sounds slightly disgusting and contemptuous both when it is sung (at least in a black metal style). So let's talk about a few tracks more in detail although there aren't any better or worse ones on it, it is just on a constant high level.
Apart from the vocal performance, the rest of the band does a really cool job too. Sometimes the drumming is a little bit chaotic but maybe this is a deep bow to good old fucking Venom. In a song like "Bloedbruid" you also get so many 90s vibes when you listen to the guitar riffing, it is really a pleasure and sounds fresh and trusted at the same time.
And just like every orthodox black metal band a little bit Celtic Frost (Darkthrone?) worship must not be missing. "Krengenslagers" breathes Swiss air with every single pore. Kept in a slower mid-tempo this one is a very catchy banger you can listen to in every mood. At least I love songs that are written in that style, just like "Leave No Cross Unturned" by Darkthrone.
A very big surprise is "Bertken" because of the acoustic introduction and the rabid break after that. This is not what you might expect while listening to the acoustic guitar. This one is a sheer inferno with thunderous drums and a lot of fury. But when the rage has gone a little bit, the song turns once again into something totally different. Just let me throw in three words: keyboards, female vocals.
Apart from the black metal influences there are some dirty punk borrowing to find so, you actually cannot talk of a pure black metal album. "Rampokker" has this typical punk drumming (apart from the title that sounds pretty stinky, too) that shows once more that black metal has much more in common with punk than you might expect.
Lyrically the album deals with the dark sides of society and with Dutch history. Self-deception, destruction and religious insanity are topics on De Tyfus, De Teerling and when you follow the vocals and even if you can't speak Dutch (what is a very cool language to speak though and if you want to say something that not everybody is allowed to understand also a fine way to do so) you will get that they don't sing about clogs and windmills. I haven't been to Utrecht but I can smell and grab the atmosphere from their train station literally when I listen to the new Grafjammer (I guess that train stations are everywhere the same shit, expect maybe in Malaysia and fucking Victoria Station in London). Urine, feces and some rotten gouda cheese – yummy! So grab your own typhus and learn Dutch or die!
Rating: 8.5 out of 10
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