Nimetön Hauta - Pimeyteen Laskee Joki (full album, 2024)

One of my favourite releases of 2022 was the bleak windswept EP from Finnish one-man band Nimetön Hauta, and this full length album feels like it will remain on my regular listening list for this year too. Radiant black metal with a burning melancholy that would melt the tundra of the landscapes it paints, were it not also chilled to the core with an icy coolness itself. The layered guitar tones bite deep, the drums march with a stoic earthiness, and the hoarse vocals of T burrow into the centre of a sound coarsened with a wild rawness, yet humming with vivid clarity. The quintessential black metal sound of winter forests and misty lakes. Very pleased to see the magnificent Canti Eretici following up the release of the first EP with a cassette edition of this album in their latest batch. Pre-orders will open this Friday, 1st March. Don’t miss it. Band: Nimetön Hauta Album: Pimeyteen Laskee Joki