Hamlet, Lars Van Trier, Lars Ulrich: Denmark has produced its share of overly-intense dudes. Now you can add these post-punk teens to the list. On their debut album Iceage replicate the tormented post-punk of very-early Joy Division, Wire and New York no-wave with evangelical fervor ­ it's like the ghost of Ian Curtis appeared to them in a holy vision (maybe after a night raiding their parents' liquor cabinet). Wicked guitar shards poke out of the bruising, twisting rumble as singer Elias Rønnenfelt fires off modernist doom chants like "Collapse! Collapse! Collapse!" and "I am white ruin!" His cold, imperious Nordic voice is more Ian Curtis than Curtis himself; it'd be kind of funny if it weren't so creepy.

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“Natural Mystic”

Recorded in exile in London following Bob Marley's recovery from the attempt made on his life, "Natural Mystic" leads off his comeback album, Exodus, with a track that made lyrical reference to the catastrophic event. As for the song's melody, the band had been kicking around its strictly roots riff for quite some time, according to Wailers bassist Aston "Family Man" Barrett. "That’s why it still stands up today, because it’s outstanding," he said. "Natural Mystic" not only set the tone for one of Marley's grestest works, but also its title phrase earned Marley, already called Nesta and Tuff Gong, yet another nickname.