Oranssi Pazuzu - Värähtelijä |
Published February 17 2016
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Saturaatio* Lahja Värähtelijä Hypnotisoitu Viharukous* Vasemman Käden Hierarkia Havuluu Valveavaruus |
| Genre | Progressive Black Metal |
Jun-His
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Vocals
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| Tracks | 7 |
Jun-His
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Guitar
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| Running time | 69 Min. |
Moit
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Guitar
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| Label | Svart Records |
Ontto
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Bass
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| Release | February 26, 2016 |
Korjak
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Drums
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| Country | Finland |
EviL
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Keyboard
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| Producer | - | ||
| Similar artists | Nachtmystium, Infera Bruo | ||
Black metal has seen perhaps the most genre bending developments in the last decade of all the metal subgenres. Starting with the experiments from many of the 90's outfits such as Satyricon at the turn of the millennia, Deathspell Omega soon followed and became the flagship of avant-gardistic black metal. The evolution has since seen the merging of almost every musical influence possible with the conventional black metal sound. The incorporation of psychedelic/space rock influences has been a particularly fortunate spawning. My personal favorites are America's Infera Bruo, but perhaps the most prolific of all the psychedelic black metal bands are Finland's Oranssi Pazuzu.
The Finns third album 'Värähtelijä' sees the band take a big step away from conventional black metal. The thread linking the entire album together is the ominous melancholic space rock. Also consistently present are the vocals which serves more as a part of the rhythm section to keep the atmosphere flowing rather than as a solo instrument. Under the vocals and space rock layers the listener finds a combination of almost VON-repetitive black metal and doom-laden ambiance. The former does the job with honors, once again proving that the Finnish scene is currently superior in the riff writing department. The ambient sections on the other hand, although managing to keep the atmosphere consistent on the surface, loses much of the nerve the album is so reliant on and with that my interest.
When the psychedelic layer entangles the conventional
black metal riffs and the solemn growls 'Värähtelijä'
conjures a dense ominous atmosphere dragging all your nightmares, anxieties
and fears to the surface. The album balances on the edge of a knife
though and on my part the excellence moves on to outright boredom as
soon as the black metal part of this trifecta gets lost in favor of
an ambient piece. With more focus on the former 'Värähtelijä'
could have knocked on the door to greatness, now it becomes a solid
effort but not much more.
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Summary
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5 chalices of 10 - Tengan |
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