{"id":37598,"date":"2003-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/scandanavian-leather\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:20:13","slug":"scandanavian-leather","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/scandanavian-leather\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandanavian Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under dramatic circumstances the ship known as Turbonegro
\nseemingly sunk one fateful night in 1998 when its captain, Hank von
\nHelvete (vocals) was admitted to a psychiatric ward after a gig in
\nMilan, Italy. With the strength of their album at that time,
\nApocalypse Dudes<\/i> (reviewed on this website on
\n04\/04\/2003<\/a>), coupling with the
\nband’s mysterious disappearance, all the ingredients for an
\nunderground Turbonegro legacy were mixed over the years to make the
\nband one of today’s most intriguing underground punk acts. For
\ntestimony to this, listen to Nicholaus Arson of the Hives declaring
\nthat “something as great as Turbonegro happens only once every
\ncentury.”<\/p>\n

With Hank’s demons apparently put to rest in the summer of 2002,
\nthe
\nApocalypse Dudes<\/i> lineup were enticed to not only reform at
\nthree major festivals including the Bizarre (Germany) and Quart
\n(Norway) Festivals, but to headline them. Without missing a beat,
\nthe band enjoyed a rebirth rarely seen as their over-the-top
\nperformances led to a scramble by labels to sign them for their
\nfirst studio album in five years culminating with today’s release,
\nScandinavian Leather<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Without a doubt, Turbonegro surely faced a daunting task in
\ndusting off those years of dust in determining the formula for
\nScandinavian Leather<\/i>. Upon first listen, it is very obvious
\nthat the album is created from the very same mold as its
\npredecessor with the intro, “The Blizzard of Flames,” mirroring the
\nsame prog-rock acoustic concept as the introduction to
\nApocalypse Dudes<\/i>‘ opening track, “The Age of Pamparius.”<\/p>\n

Musically, the album stays the course in making this comparative
\nclaim with the same punk n’ roll format that catapulted the band
\ninto underground stardom. Tracks such as “Sell Your Body (to the
\nNight)” and “Fuck the World” are the anthems in which the
\nfoundations of
\nScandinavian Leather<\/i> have been built. “Sell Your Body (to
\nthe Night)” features lead guitarist Knut Schreiner scorching his
\nsolos in his traditional breakneck fashion, most notably in the
\nlast half of the song. If Schreiner’s coming-out party as being a
\ntrue guitar virtuoso was defined by the legendary lead riff
\nperformed on
\nApocalypse Dudes<\/i>‘ “Prince of the Rodeo,” his effort here is
\nnearly as memorable. The story has it that Schreiner was given the
\nband’s lead guitar role after filling in for former
\nlead-turned-keyboardist Pal Pot Pamparius when Pamparius himself
\ncouldn’t actually duplicate the riff.<\/p>\n

“Train of Flesh” has the same catchy and bouncing guitar style
\nthat’s found on the
\nApocalypse Dudes<\/i> song, “Zillion Dollar Sadist.” Otherwise,
\nthe song pales in comparison, as the lyrical delivery doesn’t pack
\nthe same punch. Actually, it’s hard to not make similar statements
\nabout most of the tracks on this album. If you take my word that
\nthe formula for
\nScandinavian Leather<\/i> has been determined to mirror
\nApocalypse Dudes<\/i>, this album seemingly takes on the added
\nwater ingredient. The ingredient turns the songs”Locked Down” and
\n“Drenched in Blood” into forgettable punk-pop tracks with no
\ndefining edges of their own.<\/p>\n

Surely, music fans of today will be given sufficient opportunity
\nto witness Turbonegro’s renaissance considering the fact that MTV’s<\/p>\n

Jackass<\/i> crew has already collaborated with the band to shoot
\na video for the upcoming single, “Sell Your Body (to the Night).”
\nThis is an opportunity that should be embraced and not scorned as
\nI’ll be the first to admit in arguing Turbonegro’s high water mark
\nhas been elevated to possibly insurmountable heights with
\nApocalypse Dudes<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Rarely do the circumstances regarding reunion albums center on
\ndramatic plots. Turbonegro’s current revival culminating with
\nScandinavian Leather<\/i> defies that claim and will surely take
\nthe band to a level of worldwide awareness greater than it has
\ncurrently experienced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":26367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6829],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-37598","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-turbonegro","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37598"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}