Katakombi are a Finnish band four piece band. I met one of
the guys at Roadburn and he gave me this tape for review. It has three songs
and starts off with Aukea (Open). This starts with an intense Finnish vocal
over a simple heavy guitar riff. The drums, bass and synths slowly join as it
gets more and more intense and scary. There is short break and then a more
dreamy part kicks in and then a much more evil death vocals take over as the
music darkens. Intense.. Kääntyneet Katseet (All Eyes Turned to) has another
horror film like feeling to it like something is really awful is about to
happen to a loved one. The voices are just as intense as the music and all in
Finnish. This track is more heavy metal to start some how, then dark psych. It
becomes really doomy and the Dark Buddha Rising influence becomes more
apparent. Long track. Rajatilasta Todellisuuteen (Limit mode Reality) features
the synth more up front than the other two tracks and the creepy vocals
continue. This one kicks into almost thrash metal like territory and is spaced
out, heavy and Evil stuff… If you are a fan of Dark Buddha Rising and Domovoyd,
then you will also dig what these guys are doing. It is in the same sort of
style.
This is a site where I post reviews of CDs, DVDs, LPs, and concerts. I have been writing music reviews on and off since 1984. I ran a heavy metal fanzine from 1984-1988 called Metal Madness and have been a staff writer for Aural Innovations for many years. I have also contributed to Chrohinga Well (RIP), Bad Acid (RIP), Lowcut (RIP), Roadburn and a number of other zines as well. I recently moved to Portugal so please request the new address and do not send any music to Denmark anymore. Tak..
Friday, April 29, 2016
Katakombi- Valeltava Kuolema TAPE (Hämähäkki Music 2015)
Katakombi are a Finnish band four piece band. I met one of
the guys at Roadburn and he gave me this tape for review. It has three songs
and starts off with Aukea (Open). This starts with an intense Finnish vocal
over a simple heavy guitar riff. The drums, bass and synths slowly join as it
gets more and more intense and scary. There is short break and then a more
dreamy part kicks in and then a much more evil death vocals take over as the
music darkens. Intense.. Kääntyneet Katseet (All Eyes Turned to) has another
horror film like feeling to it like something is really awful is about to
happen to a loved one. The voices are just as intense as the music and all in
Finnish. This track is more heavy metal to start some how, then dark psych. It
becomes really doomy and the Dark Buddha Rising influence becomes more
apparent. Long track. Rajatilasta Todellisuuteen (Limit mode Reality) features
the synth more up front than the other two tracks and the creepy vocals
continue. This one kicks into almost thrash metal like territory and is spaced
out, heavy and Evil stuff… If you are a fan of Dark Buddha Rising and Domovoyd,
then you will also dig what these guys are doing. It is in the same sort of
style.
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