Vemod Michael Draine, Boston Rock This Swedish quartet distills the vital essences of Red-era King Crimson into their own potent infusion, at once vitriolic and darkly poetic. A master of Fripp's sabre-toothed attack pattern, guitarist Nicklas Berg traces trails of flame above an agile, pugilistic rhythm section, underpinned by sonorous cello and mellotron fills. Off-key vocals and wan philosophical musings constituten the weak link in Anekdoten's armor, but their infernal abandon and instrumental puissance render objections irrelevant.