Record second album "Spit Or Swallow" in 1994, whereof 4 songs were released in December as a MCD "The Facelift EP", which breaks in the Danish singles chart at number 42, being first ever extreme metal release featured on the list to this day. "Spit Or Swallow" released in April 1995, followed by festival appearances including Roskilde Festival in June, where the band performed in front of 12000 raving metal heads, and recorded the performance for the first ever Death'n'roll live album "Live Eraser". Released 1996.
After extensively touring for "Spit Or Swallow", the band broke in half with Johnny Nielsen and Kim Mathiesen breaking out to form FACELIFT, and Anders Lundemark and Thomas Christensen continuing KONKHRA with hired help. Chris Kontos and James Murphy joins the ranks and in 1997 " Weed Out The Weak" is released and quickly becomes Diehard Records best selling album, a record that stands to this day. Festivals and tours followed peaked by the bands performance at Roskilde Festival in 1997 in front of 18000 people. Chris is replaced by ex-Invocator drummer Per M. Jensen and his involvement marked the start of Konkhra's experimental period.
The Death/Thrash influences were shelved for the recording of 1999's "Come Down Cold", an elaboration of Konkhra's sound into a more subtle direction. International touring followed, and also the completion of the contractual obligations with Diehard Records. Per M. Jensen left to join a band called The Haunted, and Anders decided to end the years of confusion and gave Johnny a call to see if it was time to reform the band in its original and most cheered shape. Some touring for CDC was finished, including 1 month supporting King Diamond in 2001, with the original line-up
intact.
In 2002 the bands fifth album "Reality Check" was recorded at Anders' studio Starstruck in Copenhagen, months were spent prepping the album and no outside influence was allowed, the album is featured on the bands own Chopshop Records imprint and licensed to a world wide release through code666 Records.
And for this fifth album the world seemed to agree: Konkhra is back to form and Reality Check is the bands strongest release to this day. International touring is planned, kicking off in Tel Aviv, Israel. This will be the first show performed by Konkhra in Israel as well as on the Reality Tour 2003, and an appropriate place to kick it off indeed.
Konkhra continues to wave their flag in the face of ignorance by major labels as well as independents, as they drag unknown labels out of the closet and puts them on the map. This is beating the odds when they are worst, and that's when you know it's pure: They do it because they have to.
Reality Check
Konkhra Lyrics
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The pillars crumble with a hellish sound
I don't know what's going on
Dumbfound and without a clue
Is nothing good inside of you?
I spit my name like a fucking curse
And damn it all for getting worse
From this downward speeding
Someone help me
Please stop my soul from bleeding
I can't deal with reality
It's nothing but excruciating agony
I can't deal with my apathy
It's just in my genes and personality
A shroud of amphetamine clouds my mind
A forced solution of the killing kind
Now I know what's going on
It's myself destroying me
There's nothing left there anyway
I spit my name like a fucking curse
And damn it all for getting worse
I don't know what's real or not...
My brain is nothing but a bowl of snot...
The lyrics to Konkhra's song Reality Check are quite intense as they speak to the feeling of a complete breakdown when everything good in life seems to come crashing down. The imagery in the song speaks to the pillars of life crumbling with a hellish sound, and the singer is left dumbfounded and without a clue as to what is happening. In the chorus, the singer is begging for someone to save them from their downward spiral and to stop their soul from bleeding. The verse continues with the singer struggling to deal with reality and the excruciating agony that comes with it as well as their own apathy that feels ingrained in their genes and personality. The second chorus explains that the singer is using amphetamines to cloud their mind and is now aware that they are destroying themselves.
The final lines of the song, "I don't know what's real or not... My brain is nothing but a bowl of snot..." sum up the feeling of dissociation and confusion that comes with such intense struggles. This song speaks to the feeling of wanting to escape from reality when it feels too overwhelming to handle. It also highlights the struggle of feeling like one's own personality and choices are responsible for their suffering.
Line by Line Meaning
When all that's good in life comes crashing down
The things that made life seem beautiful and worthwhile have all fallen apart
The pillars crumble with a hellish sound
The foundations of life have been shaking and crumbling, making everything else unstable and unsafe
I don't know what's going on
I am completely lost, confused and have no idea what is happening or what to do
Dumbfound and without a clue
I am stunned and incapacitated, not knowing what to do, where to go or how to feel
Is nothing good inside of you?
Has all the goodness inside me dissipated, and now I am left empty?
I spit my name like a fucking curse
I am so full of anger and frustration that even the sound of my name disgusts me
And damn it all for getting worse
Everything is spiraling out of control, and I am powerless to stop it
Someone save me
From this downward speeding
I urgently need help before my life hurtles further down into chaos and disaster
Someone help me
Please stop my soul from bleeding
I am in so much pain and agony that I need someone to assist with trying to stop the damage on my soul
I can't deal with reality
I am unable to cope with the harshness and cruelty of the real world
It's nothing but excruciating agony
The reality I am facing is a source of unendurable pain and distress
I can't deal with my apathy
I feel incapable of caring about anything or expressing any semblance of emotions or feelings
It's just in my genes and personality
I accept that my disposition is innate, and there is nothing I can do to change it
A shroud of amphetamine clouds my mind
My thinking is unclear and confused, possibly because of my usage of drugs like amphetamine
A forced solution of the killing kind
The only path I see to end this agony is to take extreme measures, such as suicide
Now I know what's going on
It's myself destroying me
I realize that the cause of my distress is my own actions or mindset, leading to my self-destruction
There's nothing left there anyway
There is no hope or future where I am headed, and everything seems pointless and futile
I don't know what's real or not...
It is challenging to differentiate between the realities and illusions since everything seems distorted and murky
My brain is nothing but a bowl of snot...
My brain capacity has degraded to nothing, where I can't even think coherently
Contributed by Eli N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@ibfreely8952
I wish this album gets put on streaming platforms, along Weed Out the Weak it's Konkhra's best.
@oywee928
Great album!! (Bought it)
@aleksejsaprelis6740
Luchii albom 👍
@postracional
Discazo... acaba de llegar a mis manos 🤘
@jbsmetal8419
Anders Lundemark is a god damn genius
@rammvamper69
🤘🌎🥂