the other day over on the action button discord @exodus linked this scum record which got me thinkin about death metal & black metal from finland and i’ve been revisiting a few records i really like from there

demilich’s nespithe is probably the most celebrated release to come out of the finndeath scene. i got to see them play at saint vitus in brooklyn back in 2018 and That Owned.

rippikoulu is more on the death/doom front, super heavy. good stuff, was going to see them this year but that tour unfortunately got canceled

a lot of the finnish black metal bands get way weirder than other regional scenes, oranssi pazuzu’s new record mestarin kynsi is a real good psych rock / avant garde black metal trip. circle of ouroborus has a super extensive discography (somethin like 25 full lengths in the past 15 years & a bunch of EPs/split releases) usually they are somewhere inbetween black metal & post-punk but a couple of their records dive deep into neofolk territory. absolutely great band, would recommend diving through the discog, their newest record viimeinen juoksu is firmly in atmospheric black metal territory but probably also a Good Place To Start. a lot of their records are kind of hard to find cus they were only released in very limited physical runs but rips exist on the internet for most of it.

anyway, hit me with some esoteric heavy music stuff!!!