Swedish punk rock veteran Millencolin is never going to sell a million records or win a Grammy. In fact, you probably won't hear the band's music in any sort of regular rotation on the radio, either.

The band's sixth full-length album Kingwood doesn't contain any epic ten-minute songs, complex time signatures or tempo changes. The entire album barely passes the half-hour mark.

But wait a second, since when did music have to be complicated to rock?

Who said that songs had to be 15 minutes long to be considered great?

Millencolin easily answers those questions with the power-punk perfection of Kingwood, a straight forward and simplistic, but strong album.

Millencolin sticks to its strengths: melodic hooks, power chords and fist-pumping anthems. The band isn't changing the world, but it is still putting out solid material.

"Shut You Out," which showcases the band's more emotional side, is probably one of the best songs the band has penned over its 13-year career.

"Biftek Supernova" sounds like an ode to Ignition-era Offspring material and "Mooseman's Jukebox" contains a danceable punk groove, easily the most fun track on the album.

It seems as if the market is flooded either with pop-wannabe punkers or older punk bands that change their sounds to fit in with the crap that I won't even associate with punk rock that seems to be blaring all over the radio these days.

It's nice to see that Millencolin still knows what punk rock is supposed to sound like.

-- Reviwed by Brandon Linton