Mighty Music / Target Distribution (2010)

Forming in 2004 and taking their time to release their debut album “Vessel” in 2007, these five guys spent a great deal of their time siphoning their love of progressive rock, grunge and metal into an addictive, appealing style. The follow up “A New Decay” represents my first encounter with Boil, and I can understand quickly why they’ve achieved prominent buzz worthy status in their native Denmark as well as spreading their wings to Sweden Rock in 2008.

When you hear old Pearl Jam, Pain of Salvation, Tool and Quicksand within songs like “Transition” and “Quiet Hours” - sometimes within two or three riffs next to one another - you know there’s something special brewing in their pacing and approach. Even when they reach for something simplified and streamlined - such as the light airy vocal against the repetitive guitar strumming through “The Fall” - there’s just an outstanding hypnotic catchiness that keeps my ears pinned for every listen.

Guitarists Stig Nielsen and Mads Vigeholm have one of those The Cure meets The Cult ringing guitar moments during “Sleepwalker” - pushing each other to fill the songs with meat hooks of steel. Vocalist Jacob Lobner has one of those commanding, clear and confident voices - using restraint during the quieter passages and amplifying his emotions during the aggressive portions much like Maynard of Tool or an Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. The rhythm section of bassist Brian Stilling and drummer Mikkel lb keep the songs forward thinking while slamming home the importance of tightness - giving quick bursts of off-time technical insanity in tracks like “Redefine” and “Hypersomnia”.

What I seek in music is a combination of emotion, intensity, passion, and energy- something Boil delivers by the monster truck load on “A New Decay”. Bravo gentlemen - now it’s time to tour the world and spread your sound like a virus to the masses.

www.myspace.com/boilmusic
www.mightymusic.dk
www.targetdistribution.dk

Composed by Matt Coe