Madrugada.no Website Review

Madrugada - Industrial Silence 2019 Favorite bands tend to leave big, black holes when they disappear. Like your beloved pet running away with a vagabond stray cat or a childhood friend moving to another city. However, more often than not, the joy of getting back together can be as overwhelming as anything. Chiming back in as if not a beat was skipped. By the looks of it, the news of Madrugada’s surprise comeback in 2019 has already unleashed a flood of such emotions among their audience home and abroad. Two announced concerts in their adopted hometown of Oslo in February 2019 sold out before dawn, and a European tour shortly after will see the band reunite with their faithful fans across the continent. They are plentiful. Bursting out of the vital rock scene in 90s Norway, it was clear from the get-go that Madrugada was one of a kind. They possessed a fierce intensity in their soulful, melancholic music that struck a de*p, blue note with audience and critics alike. Timeless, raw and heartfelt – powerhouse front man Sivert Høyem’s mesmerizing baritone; Frode Jacobsen’s sturdy bas* playing and Jon Lauvland Pettersen inventive drumming stuck out as something both completely original and clas*ical. And of course, there was Robert. Robert Burås, the larger-than-life guitarist, all wild curly hair and cheeky smiles, who sadly pas*ed away in 2007. Without Robert Madrugada fell into bits. Their house had lost its firewall, and although they managed to complete their fifth and final album, the self-titled Madrugada (2008), brimming with anger and loss, the band had to come to an end. Behind them laid a story of artistic and commercial triumph, of record-selling albums and singles, sold out tours and a string of awards. Their debut album Industrial Silence shot straight into the top of the Norwegian Charts in 1999, and their enormous popularity only swelled from there. Four friends from the north of Norway, growing up in public together, fast became a live attraction wherever they played, from Greece to Svalbard. Life as