Uhripuu – J​ä​ä​stä Revitty Maa [Demo]

Artist; UhripuuCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital demoYear: 2024 For the ancient inhabitants of Western and Eastern Finland, the Uhripuu was a sacrificial tree where they made sacrifices to either their ancestors or the earth elves and gods who maintain the vitality of…

Kêres – Eidolon Abraxas

Artist: KêresCountry: FinlandLabel: His WoundsFormats: LP / DigitalYear: 2024 Just a few months after the simultaneous release of a new Kêres EP and full-length we find ourselves with yet another album. This time presented under the banner of His Wounds,…

Viharukous – Viimeisiä Houreita [EP]

Artist: Viharukous Country: Finland Label: Rat Covenant Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2023 After four demos, recorded in the timeframe between 2018 and 2021, this Finnish duo finally breaks a rather long silence with this latest offering, a 4-track EP (including…

White Death – Iconoclasm

Artist: White DeathCountry: Finland / UruguayLabel: Werewolf RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2023 When White Death released their eponymous debut album in 2017, the collective consisting of renowned musicians from the Finnish Black Metal scene had already shown to take their time to…

Witchcraft – Bestial Vociferation [Compilation]

Artist: Witchcraft Country: Finland Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions Formats: LP Year: 2023 In the wake of bands like Blasphemy, Beherit, early Impaled Nazarene, Archgoat, Profanatica and the likes came a quite a loyal following of both fans and bands…

Ignis Mortis – Hæresis Maleficarum [EP]

Artist: Ignis MortisCountry: FinlandLabel: Hammer of Hate RecordsFormats: MCDYear: 2024 The origins of Ignis Mortis lie in Evil Might, a Helsinki based band formed in 2019. While it is unclear what the current status of the band is, the departure…

Warorath – Verikirous

Artist: Warorath Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Year: 2024 After having been formed in 2019, it took this Finnish Black Metal band a few years to come up with their first recordings. Yet, in 2023 the band came out…

Malicious – Merciless Storm [EP]

Artist: Malicious Country: Finland Label: Invictus Productions Formats: 12″ EP Year: 2023 Invictus Productions always had a nose for some top notch bands operating on that wavery tipping point between Black Metal and Death Metal. In the past they have…

Kirous – VII [Demo]

Artist: Kirous Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital demo Year: 2023 Literally on the very edge of 2023, on December 30th, hard working Finnish one-man force Kirous releases yet another short but sweet digital demo. Like the title already suggests,…

Wolftower – Throne Of Nightfall’s Wrath

Artist: Wolftower Country: Finland Label: Inferna Profundus Records Formats: LP / Cassette Tape Year: 2023 In the very waning weeks of 2023 Finland’s Wolftower treats us with yet another new release, the twelfth in total but after a lot of…

Hail Conjurer – Satanic Phenomenology

Artist: Hail Conjurer Country: Finland Label: Bestial Burst Formats: Cassette Tape / CD Year: 2024 One of the most intriguing Finnish Black Metal bands definitely is Hail Conjurer, the band’s otherworldly take on Black Metal has already resulted in a…

Wolftower – The Unholy Embrace Of Vampire [EP]

Artist: Wolftower Country: Finland Label: Narbentage Produktionen Formats: Cassette EP Year: 2023 Ever since the early 20’s Finnish one-man band Wolftower have been firing away one release after the other, yet none of them ever featured on these pages. Strange…

Moon Oracle – Totemic Lord [Single]

Artist: Moon Oracle Country: Finland Label: Bestial Burst Formats: CD Single Year: 2023 After the band’s second full-length, ‘Ophidian Glare’, released earlier in 2023, Moon Oracle already returns with a 2-track single, also released by the great Bestial Burst label.…

Sammale – Finno-Ugric

Artist: SammaleCountry: FinlandLabel: Naturmacht ProductionsFormats: Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 In languages, Finno-Ugric is a grouping of all languages in the Uralic family except the Samoyedic languages. The three most common of these languages are Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian. A…

Korgunthurus- Jumalhaaska

Artist: KorgonthurusCountry: FinlandLabel: Woodcut RecordsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 Despite a history marred by periods of inactivity and break ups, Korgonthurus managed to create one of the most enthralling records in Finnish Black Metal with 2009’s ‘Marras’.…

Iätön – Loitsutulet [Demo]

Artist: IätönCountry: FinlandLabel: Altare ProductionsFormats: Demo tapeYear: 2023 Iätön is the brainchild of musicians Woewrb and Penetreichtus I. Formed in 2022, the band hailing from Oulu, Finland, recently released their very first demo courtesy of the mighty Altare Productions. Those…

Veitsi – Rautaa & Verta [EP]

Artist: VeitsiCountry: FinlandLabel: Escafismo RecordsFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 After having released three EPs in 2022, the first year of band’s existence, 2023 almost passed by without any new Veitsi releases. But salvation came on the 29th of December as the newest…

Cursed Penetrator – Satanic Slaughter [Demo]

Artist: Cursed Penetrator Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital Demo Year: 2023 Behind this new Finnish act are two anonymous individuals going under the names of “Desecrator Of Holy Cunt” and “Priest Of Angel Sodomy”, but at least one of them is…

Victimarum – Tyhjyyden Roviolla [Single]

Artist: VictimarumCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital singleYear: 2023 2023 was a good year for the Finns in Victimarum. Not only did they release their first demo, but just as the year was about to expire, the band came back with yet…

Kurjuus – Erakon Tie [EP]

Artist: Kurjuus Country: Finland Label: Self-Released Formats: Digital EP Year: 2023 Not too long ago I spent a few words on the ‘Korven Muuttumaton, Erehtym​ä​t​ö​n Laki’ demo from this Finnish one-man act, which in fact marked already the third release…

Veret – Demons Rise, Demons Ride! [Demo]

Artist: VeretCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital demoYear: 2023 Freshly conceived in 2023 and consisting of colorful pseudonyms like Vitriolic Voidseeker, Sepulcher Violator, Morbid Skullfukker and Perverse Korpse comes Veret. On their very first demo the Finnish four-piece takes the fierceness of…

Vargrav – The Nighthold

Artist: VargravCountry: FinlandLabel: Werewolf RecordsFormats: CD, DigitalYear: 2023 There’s a strong argument to be made that Vargrav was one of the initiators of the blossoming Symphonic Black Metal revival that has been going on the past few years. Certainly, the…

Kalmankantaja – Kohti Valon Kuolemaa

Artist: KalmankantajaCountry: FinlandLabel: Wolfspell RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2023 As this turn around the sun is about to reach its end and a new round of the endless cycle soon begins, Kalmankanataja closes off 2023 with its third full-length of the year,…

Kêres – The King Sleeps without Tears [EP]

Artist: KêresCountry: FinlandLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: 12” EP / CD EPYear: 2023 It pretty much says it all about Atvar, that while recording the latest full-length ‘Vexilloid’ he just recorded another Kêres EP in the same session. Thus, instead of making…

Kêres – Vexilloid

Artist: KêresCountry: FinlandLabel: Terratur PossessionsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 Kêres has never been a band that delved into frivolic and experimental outskirts of Black Metal. Whenever you buy a record bearing the band name, you know that primitive and raw…

Uhritulet – Uhritulet

Artist: UhrituletCountry: FinlandLabel: Purity Through FireFormats: CDYear: 2023 Even though Uhritulet hails from Finland, the band consisting of sole member VP doesn’t exactly sound like your run of the mill Finnish act. Perhaps the bareboned midtempo basis of groove along…

Kratti – Demo 2023

Artist: KrattiCountry: FinlandLabel: Escafismo Records / TÄH! RecordsFormats: Demo tape / Demo CDYear: 2023 Anleifr strikes again. Having previously impressed with Xavarthan, Stutyr and Herugrim, the multi-instrumentalist returns with Kratti in which he’s joined by Elliot and Sami. Black Metal is…

Siimes – Näkyjä Pimeydessä [EP]

Artist: SiimesCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 Siimes from Joensuu, Finland, is not your typical Finnish Black Metal band. At least not in terms of musical formula. Rather than basing their style on influential compatriots such as Beherit, Satanic Warmaster,…

Mithrandir – Valapatto [EP]

Artist: MithrandirCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-ReleasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 Mithrandir’s debut ‘Towards the Spires of Dol Guldur’ was quite a striking debut. Expertly combining their Finnish Black Metal roots of the likes of Satanic Warmaster and Sargeist with touches of Burzum, Darkthrone…

Kaikkivaltias – Astu [EP]

Artist: KaikkivaltiasCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-releasedFormats: Digital EPYear: 2023 For those intrigued by the prospect of a mix of Classic/ Progressive Rock, Heavy Metal and Black Metal coming together in a medieval theme, take heed. Kaikkivaltias is the brainchild of the Finn…

Permanent Solution – Permanent Solution

Artist: Permanent SolutionCountry: FinlandLabel: Misantropia RecordsFormats: CDYear: 2023 There’s a few things that drew me to the album of Permanent Solution. For one, their label Misantropia Records generally releases good, often Kalmankantaja related, Finnish Black Metal. The tracklist of ‘Permanent…

Devil Moon – Fucked by the Devil 

Artist: Devil MoonCountry: FinlandLabel: Signal RexFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 A sleazy rocking mix of Heavy Metal and Black Metal is what Devil Moon served us on their eponymous first EP. Now they come back with the…

Valravn – The Awakening

Artist: ValravnCountry: FinlandLabel: Primitive ReactionFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 According to Danish folkore the valravn, or raven of the slain, is a supernatural raven that consumed either the hearts of kings or children, to do great evil or to seek…

Disguised Malignance – Entering The Gateways

Artist: Disguised Malignance Country: Finland Label: Prosthetic Records / Rotted Life Records Formats: LP / Cassette tape / CD Year: 2023 Not too long ago I reviewed these Finn’s second demo, released earlier this year. ‘Unearthly Death’ was a demo…

Guts – Decay

Artist: Guts Country: Finland Label: Morbid Chapel Records / Rotten Tomb Records / Vargheist Records Formats: CD Year: 2023 Lately, I have been mostly impressed by Death Metal bands from the more technical or avant-garde range, not because that is…

Rapid – Blackstar Oppression Regime [EP]

Artist: Rapid Country: Finland Label: Dying Victims Productions Formats: 12″ EP / Cassette EP / CD EP Year: 2023 Finnish Speed Metal combo Rapid came to my attention through their 2017 released 7” single (Svart Records) that my partner in…

Moonlight Sorcery – Horned Lord Of The Thorned Castle

Artist: Moonlight Sorcery Country: Finland Label: Avantgarde Music Formats: 12″ EP / CD EP Year: 2023 Admittedly, after the amazing ‘Piercing Through The Frozen Eternity’ EP from early 2022 my expectation were extremely high on any material that would serve…

Hail Conjurer – Ouroboros Lust

Artist: Hail Conjurer Country: Finland Label: Bestial Burst Formats: CD Year: 2023 The multi-talented Harri Kuokkanen is a restless person with a clear excess of creativity, if he’s not busy with some of his other bands, he seems to dedicate…

Sielunvihollinen – Helvetinkone

Artist: SieliunvihollinenCountry: FinlandLabel: Hammer of Hate RecordsFormats: LP / CDYear: 2023 Leading melodies aren’t exactly a stranger to a large part of Finnish Black Metal bands. Often inspired by the pioneering works of Satanic Warmaster, Horna and Sargeist, that sense…

Aegrus – Invoking the Abysmal Night

Artist: AegrusCountry: FinlandLabel: Osmose ProductionsFormats: LP / Cassette tape / CDYear: 2023 With the release of ‘Invoking the Abysmal Night’, Aegrus follows up their excellent ‘The Carnal Temples’ EP with seven new songs. And with it, it also follows the…

Noitila – Langennut

Artist: NoitilaCountry: FinlandLabel: Nordvis ProduktionFormats: CDYear: 2023 Noitilahti is a bay on the Lahnaselkä lake in Kuusamo, a municipal located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region in North-eastern Finland. Translating to Witches’ Bay, the scenery of dense pine forests and vast…

Riutuja – Kuolonkerjuu

Artist: RiutujaCountry: FinlandLabel: Self-releasedFormats: DigitalYear: 2023 Full of melody and harmony, ‘Kuolonkerjuu’ is the debut album for Riutuja. Sorrowful Black Metal with Varg-like vocal outcries, intensely varying drums and dominant layers of guitar melodies, even within a realm of music…