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| This is the anticipated follow up to the Life is Beautiful 10" (HALVEP016, December 2004) with ten tracks of a raging mix of crustcore and classic Swedish rÄpunk. Nine new tracks and a re-recorded version of the song Sjuka JÀvlar from their split 7" with Human Waste (HALVEP011, July 2004). Never before have Personkrets 3:1 hitten so hard, screamed so loud and played so fast. Here they show that they can go from attacking furious tracks to longer moodier tunes, and balancing a lot of their material in between those two styles. Parts of the emotional side of the sound are gone to give more space to the more raw side of Personkrets 3:1. Let us guide you through what we know as the Glorious Dead!
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Selling points
# Probably the most anticipated record of 2006!
# Never before has the act hitten so hard, screamed so loud and played so fast. The emotional side are hereby gone to give more space to the more raw side of Personkrets 3:1.
# Ten tracks of a raging mix of crustcore and classic Swedish rÄpunk!
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Line-up
RĂ€kan: vocals
Matte: guitar
Rille: guitar
Martin: drums
Wibe: bass
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| Reviews |
| Slavestate, [written by Michal Porali. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
| Politisk svensk kÀng av standardsnitt rÀcker faktiskt betydligt lÀngre Àn man kan tro. Allt lÄter inte likadant och alla band har inte exakt likadana texter, vilket mÄnga hÀvdar. UmeÄs crustsluskar Personkrets 3:1 Àr dock ett av banden som skulle passa in i den ganska generaliserande mallen. Krig och död i texthÀftet, ganska klassiskt uppbyggda kÀngarrangemang och sÄklart, smÄ förklaringar pÄ engelska till de svenska lÄttitlarna. LovvÀrt om man vill nÄ ut med sitt budskap, undrar bara varför de engelska lÄtarna ocksÄ har en förklaring pÄ engelska bredvid sig i texthÀftet? Hur som helst Àr "The glorious dead" ingen dÄlig platta, absolut inte. Jag skulle faktiskt kunna rekommendera den, och förutsatt att resten av din skivsamling innehÄller bÄde Totalt JÀvla mörker, Skitsystem och Human Waste Àr den till och med vÀrd att lÀgga pengar pÄ. Dock, ska du bara ha en enda kÀngplatta Àr det nog Skitsystems "Stigmata" som gÀller ett tag till. |
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| Kulturkrockzine.se, [written by Niclas Boman. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
Nu jÀklar i min lilla lÄda Àr det dags att punkifiera Kulturkrock.
TvÄ utav de dÀr banden man ofta har hört talas om har kastat in sina handdukar. Jag talar om grindbandet Radioskugga och bandet som den hÀr recensionen Àr menad att handla om, Personkrets 3:1. Att bÄda banden sedan tidigare huserade under etiketten Halvfabrikats namn kan man inte se som annat Àn sorgligt. Att förlora tvÄ sÄ pass schyssta band samtidigt Àr riktigt kasst. Men lÄt oss istÀllet sitta ner och lyssna till farbror Niclas prat om vad bandet faktiskt har Ästadkommit pÄ sin senaste och nÀst sista (ja, de ska slÀppa en sista platta) skiva "The Glorious Dead".
Alla vet ju att punkhistorierna alltid börjar med "In 1997 me and X started playing together and both thought that we should move on..", sÄ vi skippar den biten. 2003 slÀppte bandet sin demo "Kampen mot livet" genom Halvkass och dÀrifrÄn har det bara gÄtt uppÄt. De slÀppte en split med Human Waste genom Halvfabrikat Records, för att sedan följa upp med "Life is Beautiful" (3 versioner) och senaste eposet "The Glorious Dead". Det handlar om punk, det luktar crust och det smakar lite metal. HÀrlig kombination? SjÀlvklart. Det Àr sÄhÀr jag vill att det ska lÄta, och Personkrets har levererat det i ett paket fram till min dörr. Tack! |
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| Bira Webzine, [written by Sodomy&Lust. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
2006 nĂœn en gĂŒzel yanlarĂœndan biri olan Ăsveç crust saldĂœrĂœsĂœ devam ediyor. SaldĂœrĂœ bu kez de Personkrets 3:1 den geliyor. Bu çok tanĂœdĂœk isimli albĂŒmde boĂŸ iĂŸ Ă§Ăœkarmamak gibi ĂŸĂœk bir adeti olan Blindead Productions'Ăœn da parmaĂ°Ăœ olduĂ°unu belirtmek lazĂœm bu arada.
RĂ€kan - vokel
Matte - gitar/vokal
Wibe - bass
Rille - gitar
Martin - davul
Döden ile aĂ§Ăœlan albĂŒm Sjuka jĂ€vlar (igen) ile sonlanana kadar hiç bozmadan, taviz vermeden, tam gaz gidiyor. Döden'in aĂ°Ăœr giriĂŸinin ardĂœndan tekme tokat giriyor parça. Massgrav'Ăœ andĂœran çiĂ° bir punk tadĂœ
var ki daha ne isteyim!
Grubun en sevdiĂ°im olayĂœ Massmörd de de görĂŒlen inceden melodik olma durumu. Bu kadar çiĂ°, kaos dolu parçalarĂœn aynĂœ zamanda yer yer melodik de olmasĂœ çok ĂŸĂœk.
Bu kĂœsa albĂŒm çiĂ° iĂŸleri seven herkese önerilir. Ăzellikle Where is your god now?, The glorious dead ve Döden çok aĂŸĂœrĂœ cinnetli parçalar.
Döden
The glorious dead
See and believe
Warcrimes
Cattle
Where is your god now?
The cancer has spread
What is it all worth?
Victims of war
Sjuka jÀvlar (igen) |
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| Global Domination, [written by The Abyss. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
By their own description, Personkrets 3:1 (the name is taken from a play with the same name by Swedish director Lars NorĂ©n) plays âgloomy crustcore from the cold north of Swedenâ and judging from their debut album, âThe Glorious Penisâ, Iâd say itâs a pretty fucking apt one. When playing crustpunk in any way, shape or form you need the d-beat, and that in itself can make an album really fucking repetitive. Personkrets 3:1 has solved this by mixing in small amounts of metal-riffs and hardcore-breaks to make matters a bit more varied, and for that I applaud them. Theyâre by no means reinventing the wheel, but fuck me do they groove some times. The bass-intro on âDödenâ being a prime example and a great way to open up the album.
When compared to the more established bands in the Swedish scene, like Skitsystem and Totalt JĂ€vla Mörker, P3:1 (wasnât he in Star Wars?) still have a fair distance to go when it comes to quality songwriting but the building blocks are already there. Itâs just a matter of a few more years of experience and then I think P3:1 might well be up for challenging the big boys. As for now, about 60% of the songs are good, 15% are awesome and 25% donât do much for me. Still, not a bad ratio, if you ask me.
An added plus must be made for the fitting production; gritty, messy but still well-balanced and clear, and the very nice-looking (slightly reminiscent of Pushead) artwork by some dude named Steve. |
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| My Last Chapter, [written by Kristoffer Persson. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
First I got the CD version from Halvfabrikat, and a couple of weeks later I got the LP version from Blindead. This is the first time Iâve gotten dual formats of an album, so itâll be my first time taking both formats into consideration when reviewing.
In the past Iâve complained over and over about the weak vocals of this guy RĂ€kan (whose nick name co-incidentally means The Shrimp), and to my delight my prayers have finally been answered. He no longer sounds like a weeping five-year-old. Itâs much harsher and raw, which definitely fits the bill. After about half the album I still wish for some growl-like back up, but itâs bearable without it. Music-wise it doesnât have the same impact as the previous Life is beautiful 10â, but that doesnât mean itâs bad. It still sounds heavily influenced by Acursed, but theyâve incorporated a lot more hardcore, so occasionally it feels a lot like Ambulance. Quite moody and atmospheric with a lot of really great parts, but Iâm a bit tired of the oh-so-popular Tragedy type of crust, and thatâs where I think this ends up. The promo sheet says that this is a âmore raw side of Personkrets 3:1â, but to me it ends up in the wrong corner of crustcore.
Thereâs not a whole lot differentiating the CD from the LP. Pretty much the only thing is that the LPâs insert can be unfolded and used as a killer-looking poster, and the CD version contains the same artwork as a centrefold. As always some prefer vinyl of CD and vice versa, but to me the LP sounds harsher. |
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| Metica, [written by Kristofer Elofsson. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
RÄpunk, kÀngpunk, crustcore eller bara UmeÄ hardcore; en scen som skÀnkt musikvÀrlden vÀldigt intressanta artister och tongÄngar de senaste tio Ären.
NÀr RÀkan och Marcus startade Personkrets 3:1 för tre Är sedan strÀvade de efter att bli vÀrldens mest deprimerande och sjÀlvmordsbenÀgna gÀng. RÀkan backas numera av Martin, Matte, Richard och Wibe. Jag vet dock inte om instÀllningen blivit sÄ mycket muntrare pÄ 'The Glorious Dead', Àven om pressmeddelandet talar om mindre kÀnslor, mer rÄstyrka.
Första och sista lÄten har svenska texter. Resten framförs pÄ engelska. Fast utan texthÀftet i hand kunde det kvitta vilket.
Som bÀst - musikaliskt - lÀgger sig norrlÀnningarna mellan Totalt JÀvla Mörker och Tragedy. De lÄtarna stavas 'The Glorious Dead' och 'See and Believe'. |
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| Joyzine, [written by Mikael Mjörnberg. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
Om RĂ€kan hade varit en bĂ€ttre sĂ„ngare Ă€r det möjligt att âThe Glorious Deadâ hade kunnat attrahera pĂ„ riktigt. TyvĂ€rr lĂ„ter han mer som en hes hund Ă€n en obstinat punkare och tycks sakna den kraft i strupen som krĂ€vs för att prestera pĂ„ topp. Han lĂ„ter sliten och blir genom tio spĂ„r ganska enahanda att stifta bekantskap med.
Annars har Personkrets 3:1 hittat ett intressant spĂ„r pĂ„ âThe Glorious Deadâ. De manglar fortfarande hatfylld kĂ€ngpunk, den hĂ€r gĂ„ngen med texter som till stor del fördömer krig och dess konsekvenser, men varierar den smakfullt. UmeĂ„-gĂ€nget har kĂ€nsla för att skriva in svĂ€ngiga rock nâroll-riff i sin punk och gör det med fördel flera gĂ„nger.
Men vad som gör skivan intressant Ă€r att gruppen vid flera tillfĂ€llen Ă€r inne och nosar pĂ„ domĂ€ner som snarare förknippas med Cult Of Luna och Neurosis Ă€n kĂ€ngpunk. MĂ„ hĂ€nda att Personkrets 3:1 inte gör det lika dramatiskt och storslaget utan snarare smutsigt och med en viss kĂ€nsla av osĂ€kerhet. Men Ă€ndock, likheterna finns dĂ€r och de gör âThe Glorious Deadâ till en ganska spĂ€nnande skiva. SĂ„ hĂ€r smygande emotionell har jag aldrig hört gruppen tidigare.
KÀngpunk Àr en genre som lÀtt blir enahanda, men Personkrets 3:1 visar att det gÄr att utveckla den. Om sÄngen bara varit lite bÀttre⊠|
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| Backlash, [written by Yxan. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
| Grabbarna frĂ„n UmeĂ„ gĂ„r frĂ„n klarhet till klarhet. Det Ă€r fortfarande Ă„ngestmĂ€ttad crust/rĂ„punk som det bjuds pĂ„ men nu har de fĂ„tt till ett fetare sound Ă€n pĂ„ sina tidigare slĂ€pp samt att drivet Ă€r mer kompromisslöst. AlltsĂ„, Ă€ven nĂ€r tempot dras ner sĂ„ gĂ„r Ă€ndĂ„ lĂ„ten framĂ„t och bandet rĂ€ds inte att prova nya grepp vad det gĂ€ller takter/bryggor & hela jĂ€vla skiten vilket gör att man inte alltid vet vad som skall hĂ€nda hĂ€rnĂ€st. Visst, det blir lite segt ibland men det Ă€r ju bara för att man Ă€r sĂ„ förbannat otĂ„lig snarare Ă€n att de lĂ„ngsamma partierna Ă€r onödiga eller dĂ„liga. Precis nĂ€r man sitter & drömmer sig bort i ett landskap fyllt av mörker och misĂ€r kommer tex. en lĂ„t som âVictims Of Warâ och nitar skiten ur en, och nĂ€r sĂ„ slutligen sista pĂ€rlalĂ„ten âSjuka JĂ€vlar (Igen)â tystnar i lurarna sĂ„ dras pekfingret Ă„terigen mot playknappen. |
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| Blindead Productions + Mailorder update, [written by Krogh. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
Blindead Prod released the LP of this, so I don't have to say I love it. Personkrets 3:1 does on this LP follow up the great "Life is Beautiful" 10" with 10 tracks of a raging mix of crustcore and classic Swedish rÄpunk.
They do on this CD show that they can go from attacking furious tracks to longer moodier tunes, and balancing a lot of their material in between those two styles.
9 new tracks and a re-recorded version of "Sjuka JĂ€vlar" from their split 7" with Human Waste. Also available on LP. |
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| Folkzine, [written by Andreas. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
| Ever since I received this record in the mail, it's been spinning in my stereo non-stop! This is Personkrets 3:1 from UmeĂ„ latest album. And it's one of these growing records, the more you listen to it the more you come to like it; you even constantly find new interesting things in the music. The front cover of the record is a killer cover made by Steve from Visions of War. Skulls, Weapons/Bombs and Gasmasks; all the elements you need for a crusty record. And a crusty record it sure is. The best way to try and describe Personkrets 3:1 would be dark driving crust with a deterrent atmosphere all over the tracks, because the tracks come crushing down on you and are at times creepy as hell. The band does what I sometimes (or quite often) miss in many punkbands; instrumental build ups of the music and after that they release their anger. I really appreciate their melodic leads and musical style, and I think they've managed very well with this record and are onto something really good. Iâve got nothing left to say but: All you crusties go check this band out NOW! |
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| Firstplays.net, [written by Martin Nilsson. Distributed by Sound Pollution] |
| Veganer, Universitet, Hardcore, björkar och hagamannen, sÄ klart pratar vi om Personkrets 3:1 hemstad UmeÄ. Med en stad med nÀmnda inspirations kÀllor Àr det nog svÄrt att inte göra bra hardcore. Personkrets 3:1 levererar hÄrd och rak hardcore och visar att UmeÄ fortfarande kan. Hoppas nu att dom drar igÄng en trend igen i staden sÄ det kommer mer fin UmeÄ musik. |
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| All titles with Personkrets 3:1 |
| Blodigt krig 2003-2007 (CD in jewelcase) |
| Package deal (Package deal) |
| Ruiner (7" EP) |
| The glorious dead (12" LP) |
| The glorious dead (Back patch) |
