SKEPTICISM

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: morbid depressive funeral doom metal

as befits one of the forerunners of funeral doom metal genre, charismatic Finns do not care at all about the trends, and return with a new recording whenever they feel it appropriate - much anticipated fourth full-length endeavor [2008] further on refines the signature ill-natured sound, relying on unchanged line-up, typical instrumentation, and the same continuum with preceding recordings, testing all components and especially mournful keyboard parts again and again when music sometimes turns into almost ambient hum, when apocalyptic atmosphere turns dominant with monumental feeling of eternity, yet guitar importance gets stronger as well, easing the suffering of listeners by smarter structured riffs; first time ever - Finnish gatefold sleeve double black vinyl edition comes with a remastered sound, pro-printed lyric insert, and additional almost half an hour Aes EP [1999] on side D