Violens is a band with great taste. That, and it's not often a pop group can include Ulver and Burzum in their list of influences and find a way to back it up sonically. Outside the metal, their frozen blend of Durutti Column's spacious post-punk chills, Prefab Sprout's new wave atmospherics, Lilys-esque shoegaze-pop, and '60s psychedelia goes down very easy. ...