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Great technical death metal with a foundation in old-school sensibilities. Lots of strange  Demilich -esque riffage with their own brutal edge to it. Very much so an overlooked classic in Finnish death metal! Psychostasia

Wormphlegm was a Finnish doom band that was active for a mere six years, producing one EP and LP, after which deciding to call it quits. This music is crushing, dark, misanthropic, demented, and nihilistic--all important traits in making some good extreme  doom. Along with the heavy drone dirges they create, they are known for rumors about them engaging in self-harm to step up the insanity of their vocals. And trust me, the rumors totally make sense. Their vocals sound so genuinely twisted and deranged, that at points the music gets pretty...disturbing. If you're into this kind of thing,  Tyranny  is the band that came out of Wormphlegm's dissolution. Also really good, just not as crazy, more like traditional funeral doom. Track Listing: 1. Epejumalat Monet Tesse Muinen Palvenltin Lauran ja Lesse 2. Tomb Of The Ancient King 3. Return Of The Ice Age And The Tortyrant Tomb Of The Ancient King

Rippikoulu is a Finnish death-doom band that came out with two demos in the '90s, only to disappear with near-legendary status for twenty years after their guitarist passed away. In 2014, they got back together and released an EP that's pretty universally regarded as weaker than this demo. Musta Seremonia  is what earned them their place among the best of the best death-doom bands, especially because 1993 was around the time that the genre began to form, with  Anathema ,  Asphyx , and  My Dying Bride  defining it. If you're normally not one for demos because of the sound quality, don't fret. It really doesn't sound much like a demo, it's mixed and recorded surprisingly well--not amazing or anything, but not your typical "demo-quality." Somehow I have neglected to mention by now that the reason why  this thing is so legendary is how MASSIVE it is. Chugging riffs accompanied by thundering drums and brutal vocals. Also, apparently they are the fi...

Demilich is a Finnish technical death metal band that has achieved legendary status within the genre. The grooves they achieve, the complexity of their musicianship, the "belch" vocals (the lowest death growls possibly ever recorded)...are unparalleled. The only thing that comes remotely close is  Gorguts , maybe . The only problem is, the band has only released one album and a handful of demos, and is not really a band anymore. They play some shows sometimes, so you can catch them if you're lucky...but that's about it. Lucky for you, I am posting that one album today! So go ahead and take it, and let the headbanging commence... Track Listing: 1. When the Sun Drank the Weight of Water 2. The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed) 3. Inherited Bowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort 4. The Echo (Replacement) 5. The Putrefying Road in the Nineteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside the Bowels of Endlessness...)...