What’s still missing before the apocalypse? Fire from the sky? Locusts? Oceans of blood?

Otherwise, we’ve pretty much got it all.

Of course, this didn’t just start yesterday: back in 2017, Kadavar blasted their way through their very own doomsday scenario with “Rough Times.” Eight years later, they conclude: things have only gotten much, much worse.

Once again, Berlin’s rock royalty responds the way they know best – with music. And this time, they sound rawer, louder, tighter, and darker than ever before. “K.A.D.A.V.A.R.” feels like a second debut – a new benchmark that fuses the band’s early, riff-obsessed energy with the spacey creativity of their current four-piece lineup.

 *Clouds Hill Recordings