Kvelertak mixed black metal with more classic styles, such as punk, hard rock, and rock 'n' roll, and by that they've created a new subgenre that was called as black 'n' roll. Unlike the old experiments with death 'n' roll, this style really had something to do with rock 'n' roll since the beginning by it's high intensity and frequently returning old school/basic themes. The idea of mixing an extreme style with essential mainstream classic styles is definitely like an absolute win, so it's still a wonder, why such bands are so rare to find. Especially in an age when the even most absurd and nonsense style combinations can be introduced as something extraordinarily unique, whether they fit to work together well, or not. The biggest advantage of Kvelertak's style that it was able to smuggle a different aspect into the mainstream scene. Something that didn't take part of a new music wave, and also didn't count as generic, or attention seeking-fancy. The band is able to play so fast and precise, as a black metal band, and turned it's atmosphere and intensity into an audience-friendlier aspect. If their music was more raw and focused completely on the simple old school themes, it would be like crust punk influenced black metal. The diverse switches, common melodies and mainstream references making it to something different. Even though their music includes only the essence of the styles that have been combined, and that means the very basics, the main view sounds enough complex to make it possible to analyze it for long. Kvelertak's music could be compatible with the fans of many way different styles the same time from black metal, through hipster metal until progressive metal fans.
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