PHANTASMAL: Ansaan syntyneet – Ansaan kuolleet Release year: 2019Label: self-released During the noughties, there evolved in Finland a somehow quite distinct form of extreme metal which was neither black, death nor doom, but instead a weird amalgamation of all of … Continue reading Phantasmal trappings
LÄHDÖN AIKA: Alku Release year: 2019Label: self-released There’s a definite hardcore element to Finnish Lähdön Aika’s sound, despite them often being labelled as doom metal or sludge. In fact, I think there’s more hardcore than either of the two aforementioned … Continue reading No serenity for Lähdön Aika
From the very start of the track, the hoarse “RISE!”-shout that kicks off this beast of a track, echoing a world-famous “UGH!”, it’s obvious that Winter from the USA were looking to the snow-covered mountains of Switzerland for inspiration. Proceeding … Continue reading WINTER: Servants Of The Warsmen
Only Death Is Real 