TAPE TRADE REVIEW: Had – Had
…an entrancing, yet murky doomed out death metal sound, as if some horror of hell has managed to crawl forth from the sewers and is now hunting for flesh.
…an entrancing, yet murky doomed out death metal sound, as if some horror of hell has managed to crawl forth from the sewers and is now hunting for flesh.
The groove entrances you, even as instruments are added, key changes happen, and the vocals embed themselves into your brainstem.
The albums that hit you this hard are few and far between, but the Finnish trio give us another worthy entry.
…we are back and this time we are not going to make any discounts to our fuck off attitude to the shitty masses and their trends.
Without moonshine, nothing of these would be possible…hehehe…
The first three songs wrap together like fingers into a fist to strike with thought-provoking potency. If they were a single, it should have been nominated for a Juno or a Pulitzer.
If I were to have more children (I’m not), bits of the album would probably be embedded in their DNA.
Perhaps we could call this atmospheric OSDM, but the atmosphere is one of blackest horror.
With veins of droning terror running throughout, The Wretched Sermon is a riff-filled manifestation of brutality.
As I sit here and listen to this masterpiece a bazillionth time, I realize I still have no idea how to write about it, but as they say, I’m willing to give it the old college try.