Metal has always seemed to be the dominant musical output from Norway and the surrounding Scandinavian countries, but recently all that has been changing. More and more punk bands are emerging but still bringing with them something cold, something distinctive, that sets them apart from anywhere else in the world.

Describing themselves as ‘Norwegian stonerpunk / hardcore’, there was no way I wasn’t going to check out Bokassa. I was captivated even further by their black & white horror movie, inspired music video. Mixing the speed and aggression of hardcore punk with groovy, stoner guitar riffs and howling gang vocals, Bokassa had me at ‘hello’. ‘Walker Texas Danger’ closes out with the lyrics “not dead yet, last of my kind” and after listening to their work I’m glad they’re not. Long live Bokassa.