Finnish

Band: Demilich

Logo: Seems to be made of some sort of branches. Symmetrical, jagged, peculiar. Natural looking.

Album: 

Nespithe - 1993

Dark, shrouded figure and militant looking figure stand in front of flames and above a group of disfigured and horrifically mangled figures. Hellish read background. Torment and disfigurement prominent. Dark figure holding a weapon. Overseeing the gruesome figures like horrific task-master. Disfigured creatures have bulging eyes, are tethered to something. 

Sound: Distorted and manipulated vocals grunt and gurgle. Mimicking the sounds of a horrible belching creature. Disjointed guitars wail and screech against one another. Technical. Abrasive. Dissonant. Heavy use of bass guitar. Rumbles along with drums. Creates a very brutal, low-end effect. Heavy use of snare and drum fills. Experimentation with textures/feelings.

Lyrics: 

"Walking ahead

Torture spreading on the way

Dismembered human beings

Flying souls fading away

You find no escape

Walking just around and around

Flying shadows slaying and torturing

Will they also rip your soul away...?"

Filled with images of terror, and esoteric horror. Abstraction of spectral evil. The listener is made to be the victim, getting tortured and dismembered by ghouls. Ideas of the cosmos ever present. A fascination with space and time. Cryptic hymns to a cosmic evil. Rejection and hatred of all religion. 

Feeling: Paranoia induced through extremely frantic nature. Mysterious, mystical. Belched vocals disgust. Makes one feel as though a creature is stalking them. Ominous and evil. Haunting riffs and solos fills with dread. Use of technicality disorients. Otherworldly sounding. Atonal and disjointed rhythms pierce ears.  

Relation to Scene: Paveed way for ultra-technical and brutal bands. Finnish scene was very experimental. Disjointed rhythms and odd time signatures create a purely Finnish sound. Heavy riffing still included. Abstract and mystical lyrics also large part of Finnish scene.

The Band: A group of Finnish college age kids. Band t-shirts, flannels, and long grimy hair. Look like one's average metal head.

Members: 

Antti Boman - Vocals, Guitars

Aki Hytönen - Guitars

Corpse - Bass

Mikko Virnes - Drums