Taake "Avvik" CD metal merch Metal Blade Records item #151412

Metal Blade Records item #151412

so I was listening to lots of blues while writing the album: Peter Green

Bassist Jesse Johnson ultimately decided to step aside

hitting with devastating force and existing on a knife edge

Taake "Avvik" CD metal merch Metal Blade Records item #151412Avvik translates to anomaly or deviation. And even though Taake have been recognized as an important act within the Norwegian Black Metal scene for decades, they have always stood on the outside of main currents of black metal, a scene once founded by deviants and outcasts. In this context, Avvik also refers to this particular collection of songs, as the album compiles tracks which never really fitted in to any of the Taake releases, and hence ended