This is seemingly original, somewhat strange sounding atmospheric black/doom metal from Finland. I can't say I'd really recommend this demo, but at least there's a small amount of originality (although the music is again less than stellar). Reminding me at times of Samael's "Blood Ritual" album, the songs follow a slow-paced routine, peppered with whispered vocals and strange keyboard effects. The whole demos generally sounds quite the same, the riffs repeat themselves, and the drum machine follows a one-beat pattern throughout the course of the three songs given here. As mentioned before, vocals are quiet whispered growls, low in the mix, and although they create a drab atmosphere, are nothing less than boring. The music is in itself bass heavy, thus creating somewhat of a doomy sound, yet no originality is given via the riffs. Sombre, somewhat interesting, but overall quite boring. Perhaps these creatures may have a future if they mess a tad more with this style. If not, than they shouldn't even bother.

Darkstyle
PL 732
FIN-20101 Turku
Finland

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