This apocalyptic amalgam couldn’t come from anywhere but Reykjavík, Iceland. Solstafir’s blend of metal, melodic psychedelia, and classic rock has a gentle brutality unmatched by anyone else in this genre… that’s because there is no one else in this genre. Its chaotic with an end-times feel and a bleak yet densely layered orchestration . How Solstafir will fit its largess into the Bug Jar without a shoe horn should be interesting.
Solstafir plays with Ancient VVisdom on Sunday, April 26, at Bug Jar, 219 Monroe Avenue. 8 p.m. $12-$14. bugjar.com; solstafir.net.
This article appears in Apr 22-28, 2015.
