Alright. Gevolt is a Yiddish word that means like, for lack of apt translation skills on my part, “Aw, crap!” or “bloody hell” or something. I won’t be as corny to say this makes me wanna kick my heels up and scream “L’chaim,” but it’s definitely the opposite of something I would scream Gevolt about.

They named their album “Sidur” which means “prayerbook” in Hebrew. However, I don’t understand Russian, even if it is written in English characters in the CD jacket. So all I can tell you (and that’s before I interview them, cause b’ezrat Hashem there WILL be an interview) is this. Even if this band were from Thailand or something I would still push it with glee. Yeh, Gevolt reminds me of Rammstein. But they definitely can’t be written off like that. They intertwine said band’s kind of electropummeling with lighter and more intricate melodies. The vocals are a bit happier although vocalist Anatholy Bonder also does get down there in vocal chord frequency. And of course, they’re basing a lot of their tunage on Yiddish and Russian folk music, with violins and everything. It’s just a heavy, yet atmospheric, sometimes upbeat (but not in a faggy pop way) simply quality disc. Nab it.

And their Yiddish promo rocked, too! My mom heard the Yiddish classics made metal and muttered that they’d been wrecked, which means Gevolt did a fine job! Check out their main site: http://www.gevolt.net as well as their Myspace site.