Warhawk Premiere “There Will Be Blood” from Studio Berserk Live Session
Posted in Bootleg Theater on August 20th, 2021 by JJ Koczan
More of a sprint than a marathon, the video below by Gothenburg, Sweden-based motorrippers Warhawk for “There Will be Blood” comes from a series the four-piece have unveiled recorded live at Studio Berserk, with Monolord‘s Esben Willems at the helm. Total funtime — I meant to type “runtime” but I’m leaving it — for what I’m hoping will release as a live EP is upwards of 13 earthly minutes, and for that the unit offer four tracks of bruiser heavy-punk-via-proto-thrash, taking cues from any number of careening heavy rockers, most notably Motörhead on “Bad Reputation” and “Fool Me Twice,” but also vintage-era Ozzy Osbourne on “Pray for War” and later Britpunk on “There Will be Blood,” all of which, whatever nuance they bring, remain rippers.
For me, this is end-of-the-week stuff, and I mean that in the best way. You’re zonked. Your brains are coming out of your feet and you’re not even traveling Ludicrous Speed. It’s been a long road, getting from there to here, and you’re feeling it. Well, here comes a quick round of righteously arrogant heavy rock and roll, audio recorded and filmed live for your streaming enjoyment, and suddenly that last hill isn’t so much a thing to be climbed as drilled through. You can do it; rock and roll is here to help.
Maybe I’m talking to myself. Usually the case. Either way, Warhawk have a couple singles on the ol’ Bandcamp — they call what they do “filth rock,” which is as good as anything I could come up with — and I hear that Willems, who’s hosting the clip below on his account, is also premiering the full set video on the morrow. So if you want to do the like-and-subscribe thing, it might be handy to remind yourself. Or remind myself. Whatever. While I’m reminding, apparently the band has nine songs in the can to make an album with. Starting with the live clips is a good way to go, though. They make a pretty killer impression.
Runtime funtime:
Warhawk, “There Will be Blood” live at Studio Berserk
Meet the Warhawk.
Warhawk is the bad news you’ve been waiting for. From the very beginning, way back in 2019, an act of celebrating old love with borrowed tunes.
First takes in the studio was instrumental and the need for a vocalist led to the merge of members of Strul and singer Rob of Rawhide.
During the heatwave June 2021, four middle aged youngsters entered the eminent Element Studio with engineer excellence Öskar Karlsson to record what will be a solid LP of nine tracks, to be released on Cimex Records.
Only a month later a third session followed, live in Esben Willems’ Studio Berserk. That session was also shot and edited by Josefine Larsson. This session will also be released as an EP on all the usual platforms within the next few weeks.
You are going to see, hear and smell this glove a lot in the near future.
“If it feels good, do it”.
Warhawk are:
Rob – Vocals
Erik – Bass
Pär – Guitar
Matte – Drums
