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(news – new single/video) FINNISH BLACK DEATH METAL BAND ANIMA HERETICAE RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO ‘CIMMERIAN DARKNESS’ ! 

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Photographer: Teppo Ristola Photography

After the 2021 debut EP “Ov Behest” Finnish blackened death metal band Anima Hereticae has been working on their first full length album to be released in Autumn 2023. The band’s unique sound is a combination of Scandinavian melodic metal, death metal with black metal elements. The music goes in symbiosis with the visuals, both in live shows and on videos. Now released music video Cimmerian Darkness presents a view to the upcoming debut album’s beauty and epicness.

‘Even though pretty much anything we do has the sense of darkness and despair, this song has also a hint of hope in it. Creating new music is quite therapeutic and healing experience for us. And so was the writing of this song – a meditative and self-reflecting process. Some times as wondering this world we live in it feels like we are living in Cimmerian darkness on the edge of the world.’ Ville Rutanen and Taneli Jämsä background the song.

The music video is directed by the Anima Hereticae drummer Teppo Ristola and as an actor there is Jussi Matilainen from Where’s My Bible.

Anima Hereticae is touring in Finland and Baltics this spring:
18.3. Maaliskuun Musta Messu @ Sammiosali, Lahti, Finland
6.4. Republika, Riga, Latvia
7.4. Narauti, Vilna, Liettua
8.4. Tapper Room, Tallinn, Estonia
9.4. Lepakkomies, Helsinki, Finland

Anima Hereticae:
Ville Rutanen – vocals & bass
Taneli Jämsä – guitar & backing vocals
Teppo Ristola – drums

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https://animahereticae.bandcamp.com/

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(news – new single) Metal band Koitos from Finland released a third single from the upcoming debut album!

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Photographer: Niko Suominen

Finnish metal newcomer Koitos released a third single ‘Virtaa’ (eng.’Flows’), from the upcoming debut album. Song has more dynamics and it includes crushing riffs but also a delicate clean singing with a mellow piano.

‘The upcoming album deals with loneliness from many different angles. But in this song not in such a traditional way. The narrator of the song hides his mistakes under a hard shell, which emerges as crappy behavior towards others. In the end, people disappear around the narrator and he’s left to lick his wounds in solitude,’ describes the theme of the song by vocalist Matti Hiitti.

Koitos debut album will be released later in Autumn. In addition to the composition and lyrics, the song was recorded and produced entirely by the band itself. The song was mixed and mastered by Rami Nykänen, who has previously worked with bands like One Morning Left and Balance Breach.

Social media links

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/koitosofficial/?hl=fi

Facebook: https://fi-fi.facebook.com/koitos/

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(review) Anzillu – ‘Ex Nihilo’

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We didn’t have a Finnish band for a while here on the pages of this webzine. Anzillu are from Helsinki area and they formed in 2019. After four singles this is their debut full length opus. This one contains 9 songs. The music is basically thrash metal, but so much more in these songs. ‘Needles (On My Nerves)’ is a classic thrash metal 80-ies influenced song, but I was surprised and blown away by hitter ‘Mental Graveyard’ having blast beats and aggression of blackened thrash metal. Songs are raw and brutal, with screaming vocals but also angry shouting fine vox done by Teemu Kemppainen, with chainsaw buzzing guitars, speed, but also couple of modern groove thrash hooks and catchy melodies here and there, like only Finnish bands can do. Lyrics deal with some personal surviving themes, anger and state of the world, anti corporate and about war, also they are pretty misanthropic and self nihilistic and that is what I like about this band even more. Also, being a thrash metal record, there are blistering guitar solos, courtesy of guitars Jesse Kämäräinen and Sami Katajainen. This is an all out aggressive thrash metal attack so have a listen and go get this one.

7,5/10

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