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(new video) Finnish Folk Black Metal Horde KOUTA Releases Official Video for ‘Sukujyrkkämä’!

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The Finnish folk black metal horde KOUTA has unleashed a new video for the song ‘Sukujyrkkämä’. The song is taken from the new album ‘Kaarnaköydet‘ – first band’s full-length – set to be released on April 21.

Bassist Arttu Pentikäinen stated about the video:

‘Shooting the video for Sukujyrkkämä in our national landscapes was rewarding. I think visual aid feeds the music strongly and therefore shapes the listening experience. It’s inspiring to see other creative people working on a story based on your own music through the art of cinema. I look forward to hearing listeners’ feedback on the album!‘

The new album ‘Kaarnaköydet‘ weaves a dark and intricate web of sound that is both familiar and refreshingly new. Folk elements have permeated the new sound much more deeply, while the production has become much more clear, powerful, and straight. At the heart of ‘Kaarnaköydet’ lies a gripping narrative centered around the tragic story of two brothers. Through their music, KOUTA explores the complex and often tumultuous emotions of shame, guilt, and catharsis, inviting the listener to join them on a powerful and emotional journey of aesthetically peripheral discovery.

The drum parts of ‘Kaarnaköydet‘ were recorded in a remote cabin in Lapland. Guitars and bass recorded at Pekka Posio’s studio in Helsinki. Vocals, choirs and all other instruments together with the live recording of ‘Äitimaan Laulu’ recorded at Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki. Mixed by Pekka Posio and mastered by Svante Forsbäck.

Enclosed you can see the artwork made by Arttu Pentikäinen / Antti Mäki / Midjourney. Photos by Martin Sivakov.

Stream/download “Sukujyrkkämä” on:

Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/439sj3G

Spotify: http://bit.ly/3UcybVY

Amazon Music: https://bit.ly/3KeEIeg

Apple Music: http://bit.ly/3nPh549

Line-Up:

Antti Mäki – Vocals

Eemeli Haarala – Guitar

Lauri Törmä – Guitar, Clean Vocals

Arttu Pentikäinen – Bass, Clean Vocals

Ville Vitikka – Drums

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Reviews

(review) Lamp of Murmuur – ‘Saturnian Bloodstorm’ (Argento Records)

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Malo se zna o ovom bendu odnosno projektu, osim da dolazi iz Los Angelesa i da je glavni u svemu stanoviti M. koji je odgovoran za sve na ovom opusu, i muziku i vokale. Na Lamp of Murmuur novom opusu nalaze se 6 pjesama od kojih je jedna kratak instrumentalni intermezzo koji služi kao pasaž između dva svijeta, a zove se ‘Descending from the Aurora’. Ono što ne mogu izbjeći kod slušanja ovog benda/projekta je usporedba sa europskom black metal scenom i zvukom, pogotovo mi pada na pamet Immortal odnosno njihovi kasniji albumi poput ‘At The Heart Of Winter’, jer su pjesme na ovom opusu također dugačke, s puno epskih riffova i atmosfere ratništva, ponosa i odličnim miksom melankolike i agresije. Pjesme kao što su ‘Conqueror Beyond the Frenzied Fog’, te ‘In Communion with the Wintermoon’ su svakako himne na koje treba obratiti pažnju. Vidio sam na društvenoj mreži da je Lamp of Murmuur u svibnju na europskoj turneji i sviraju i u Beču, zanima me kako to zvuči uživo, pretpostavljam da M.ima session muzičare i to dobre, jer je album stvarno odličan.

8,5/10

Reviews

(review) Tilintetgjort – ‘In Death I Shall Arise’ (Dark Essence Records)

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The debut opus of Oslo based Norwegian band Tilintetgjort was carefully made to bring new impact to the scene and it did, now when I listened to it, I can safely say, it did. This one consists of six songs. Members of this band are in no way new or strangers to the scene playing or having played with likes of Troll, Den Saakaldte, Kvesta, Whip…to name just a few. Music of Tilintetgjort is that old shool Norwegian black metal sound, not dissimilar to nineties legendary albums and for sure influenced by all those legends, but it is also so much more, so we can even call it avantgarde black metal, being special, original and different from legions of clones out there. If I must compare this to some band it would be to early Dodheimsgard, at least I hear it like that. There are blast beats almost most of the time, apocalyptic cutting riffs, but also melancholic melodies and slower original and mid tempo to almost acoustic backed atmospheric parts, also wicked guitar solo can be heard occasionally along with dark ambiental parts.. Vocals are superb, courtesy of singer Svik, whose voice transforms so much from black metal screams to clean and beautiful melodies like in fantastic ‘Vinter og Host’ and there is a treat at the end of this album, 21 minute long epic Dommedagsmonument, as you can read, lyrics are all in Norwegian, but if you are into black metal for long you can judge from the song titles there are themes such as doomsday, alchemy, witchcraft… This is a brilliant fresh album and a very, very, strong debut.

9/10