Kvelertak – “Kvelertak”

Like Bad Company and Minor Threat before them, balls-out Norwegian metal ragers Kvelertak have named an absolutely kickass song after the band itself — an always-appreciated way of laying out exactly who the band is, of making a mission statement. Weirdly, the song doesn’t appear on the band’s 2010 self-titled debut but on Meir, its equally great new follow-up. That album has already given us amazing videos for “Bruane Brenn” and “Månelyst,” and now they’ve made a video for “Kvelertak” with director Stian Andersen, and this one is a band-on-the-road deal. We see the heavily inked dudes in the band ripping through sweaty clubs, drinking, riding motorcycles, and wearing owls on their heads, true vikings all the while.