Having a soft spot for a band, as we have with Norwegian hardcore protagonists Shevils, can also mean that demands and the want to be impressed comes with greater force and an intensity which can be unfair. For others it might be a stumble waiting to happen over which the artist has no control but with the Oslo quartet it seems to be a challenge they bound over with ease. The release of their new single Shivers finds the band once again chaining hooks and contagion into a fiery roar of sound and passion whilst taking another leap in potency and irresistible enterprise.
Formed in 2011, Shevils took little time in drawing enthused attention and acclaim through singles such as Is This To be (Our Lives)? and debut album The Year Of The Fly, both in the year of their founding. The Necropolis EP a year later widened that attention across the globe but it was the impressive second album Lost In Tartarus which reinforced and pushed the band to a new plateau in not only sound but also critical acclaim. The foursome of vocalist Anders Voldrønning, guitarists Christoffer Gaarder and Andreas Myrvold, and drummer Anders Emil Rønning have reaped the triumph of their last full-length and blossomed it into an even more raucously scintillating exploit with Shivers. 
Shevils ascent has been unabated so far and the new track definitely adds further fuel to their impressive emergence.
The band waste no seconds teasing or coaxing in the listener, Shivers exploding into life as instruments and vocals cast a ferocious blaze on the ears. Just as little time is taken before riffs and hooks line the senses next, both jabbing and infesting the imagination and appetite with a punk brewed rampancy aligned to the outstanding vocals of Voldrønning assisted by the band’s mass calls. This is something which the band has shown for a while that they are skilfully adept at, casting bait which rhythmically, vocally, and sonically makes for an inescapable anthemic toxicity, but it is the ingenious twists and inventiveness of their songwriting and creative tenacity which sets them apart and enslaves once again in the single. Guitars carve out intrigue soaked turns throughout the furious charge of the track whilst the bass adds its own carnivorous throat and endeavour to the hostile beats and vintage punk clad onslaught.
Shivers is exceptional, the best song we would suggest to come out of the creative drama and fury which fires the music and adventure of Shevils. If the single is the sign of things to come from their next album scheduled for early next year, then we will have even more horizons of scintillating storms to come.
Shivers is available now @ https://soundcloud.com/shevils/shivers
10/10
Ringmaster 15/08/2014
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