Nattesferd

Nattesferd is the third studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Kvelertak, released on 13 May 2016. The album was recorded in Oslo. It is the band's last album with vocalist Erlend Hjelvik and drummer Kjetil Gjermundrød.

Nattesferd
Studio album by Kvelertak
Released	13 May 2016
Studio	Amper Tone Studio, Oslo, Norway
Genre	Heavy metal, black 'n' roll
Length	47:06
Language	Norwegian
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Nick Terry
Kvelertak chronology
Meir (2013) Nattesferd (2016) Splid (2020)
Singles from Nattesferd
"1985" Released: 8 March 2016

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(83/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B+[3]
Consequence of Sound	B[4]
Metal Hammer	[5]
MetalSucks	[6]
Pitchfork	(8/10)[7]
PopMatters	(8/10)[8]
Spin	(8/10)[9]

Background

Kvelertak released the first song "1985" on 8 March 2016.^[10] Nattesferd is the band's first album recorded in Norway.^[11] The band released music videos for the songs "1985", "Nattesferd"^[12] and "Svartmesse".^[13]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank	Ref.
Stereogum	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	49	[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dendrofil for Yggdrasil"	5:40
2.	"1985"	5:33
3.	"Nattesferd"	5:03
4.	"Svartmesse"	3:34
5.	"Bronsegud"	2:57
6.	"Ondskapens Galakse"	5:33
7.	"Berserkr"	4:54
8.	"Heksebrann"	9:05
9.	"Nekrodamus"	4:47

Personnel

Kvelertak

• Erlend Hjelvik – vocals
• Vidar Landa – guitar
• Bjarte Lund Rolland – guitar, piano
• Maciek Ofstad – guitar, vocals
• Marvin Nygaard – bass
• Kjetil Gjermundrød – drums

Production

• Nick Terry – mixing, engineering

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15]	99
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16]	44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	91
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18]	110
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19]	9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	24
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21]	2
Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan)[22]	31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23]	44