SLEEP OF MONSTERS: ｢｢｢ Release year: 2023Label: Svart Records It’s been a long wait for fans of Finnish occult rockers Sleep Of Monsters: their previous album II: Poison Garden was released way back in 2016. And for some of us, the … Continue reading Third time’s the charm?
TERVEET KÄDET: Kaikki kaikkia vastaan Release year: 2023Label: Svart Records Terveet Kädet should need no introductions. But because this intro would be awfully short without it, we’ll do one anyway. So, Terveet Kädet are more than legends within hardcore and … Continue reading Everyone’s war on everyone
TURTUMUS: Jälleenheräävä viha Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records Ever since the mid-noughties or so, Finnish black metal has been a pretty dominant and influential thing in the underground. The so-called Finnish sound, a combination of melancholic melodies and uncompromising rawness, … Continue reading From numbness to hate
ABSOLUTE KEY: Lauluja laaksoista Release year: 2023Label: Tampereen levyt My issue with music and artists labelled as “experimental” is that if the artist has an established sound, is it experimental anymore? Take for example various artists within post-industrial music: from … Continue reading Songs from the valleys of Nangijala
NIGHTSIDE: Lions Release year: 2023Label: Purity Through Fire Finnish Nightside released a small body of material in the late 90’s and early noughties, the majority of which was compiled on the album-slash-compilation The End Of Christianity (reviewed here), and then … Continue reading New emanations from the nightside
PATIENT OMEGA: Broken Mind In A Rotting Body Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records I touched upon the issues relating to the thematics of instrumental music in my review of L’Ègarement D’Esprit’s album Written In Stone (here). I find myself returning … Continue reading Patient Omega’s broken minds and rotten bodies
MOON ORACLE: Ophidian Glare Release year: 2023Label: Bestial Burst/Signal Rex Two years after their debut album, Finnish trio Moon Oracle are back with another helping of mystical, doom-ladened black metal. Whilst some things have changed, the core essence of traditional … Continue reading Serpentine stare of the moon oracle
MOON ORACLE: Muse Of The Nightside Release year: 2021Label: Bestial Burst/Signal Rex Considering how black metal is supposed to be individualist music, where conformity, adhering to trends and following leaders blindly are tantamount to mortal sin, it’s almost funny how … Continue reading Nightside oracles
UNOHDUS: Niin turhaan tähdet valaisivat meitä Release year: 2023Label: self-released Newcomer Unohdus is – apparently- a one-man project from Finland, who describe their style as a mixture of depressive black metal and atmospheric metal. Well, nails and heads right there, … Continue reading Oblivion under the vain light of stars
WAELTAJA: Heremite Release year: 2023Label: Misantropia Records Dungeon synth. Now there’s a genre so easy to hate it’s almost ridiculous. It’s kind of like the goofy, nerdy cousin of black metal, taking all the silliest and nerdiest elements from it … Continue reading Wanderers and hermits
Only Death Is Real 