These guys started life as a two man project in 2005, but featuring current and former members of bands like Chthonian, …and Oceans, Havoc Unit, Finntroll and Mygrain they kept moving forward and in 2009 things finally started to happen. The line-up is now stable, consisting of Timo Kontio (guitars), Janne Manninen (drums), Mathias Lillmåns (vocals), Jonas Frilund (bass) and Timo Hanhikangas (guitars), and they have now recorded this their debut album which is due to be released at the beginning of 2014. So, whatever image the band name may provide, take it from me it is wrong. Here we have tight death metal with some symphonic influences, a band that know what they want and throw enough lightness and change within the music to keep even the most discerning metalhead interested. This is music that certainly doesn’t display any of the immaturity that one might expect from a debut – this is seasoned metal with bite and passion.
The production is spot on, the guitars bite, and the drums and bass drive it along with the vocals are rough and raucous. Add to that the changes in attack and approach as they move through different styles and this could possible be one of the most important death metal debuts of the year.
