Today, Purity Through Fire announces March 21st
as the international release date for Aesthus'
highly anticipated debut album, Hänen temppelinsä varjoissa,
on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow later in the
year.
One of the most striking newcomers in the ever-fertile Finnish black metal
underground, Aesthus formed in 2017 and
released their first demo, Polku, in the
summer of 2020, which Purity Through
Fire released later that
year. Already, the freezing fire of paradigmatic Finnish black metal burned
brightly, and now that blaze coalesces into a conflagration on Aesthus' debut full-length, Hänen temppelinsä varjoissa.
Proud and pure, Hänen temppelinsä varjoissa exudes
that aura of classic Finnish black metal from the late '90s onward, as laid
down by the likes of Horna, Satanic Warmaster, and Azaghal among others. Black
metal doesn't need to "be" anything more than what it already IS - or
what it should be - and such is the case with Aesthus.
Every element here, from the melancholically melodic riffing to the surging 'n'
swirling battery to, the distinctly twisted timbre of the Finnish tongue, of
course, is in perfect, precise, PASSIONATE lockstep to create a maelstrom of
hypnotic-yet-hummable proportions. Indeed, Hänen
temppelinsä varjoissa is the work of a true band - meaning, a group of
people playing together rather than a disconnected file-sharing project - with
each of these seven songs drench in literal blood and sweat and perhaps
alcohol. If there's one trump card that Aesthus play
(and poignantly), it's their dual-guitar lead work; the lead lines explode with
memorability and malice in equal measure, underlining the METAL in black metal
but never belaboring the point.
Like the album cover's lone figure pondering mysteries only known to him, Aesthus prefigure a new
era of strength & honor with Hänen
temppelinsä varjoissa.
Enter that new era with the brand-new track "Vihani alttarilta" HERE
at Purity Through Fire's official
YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting
for Aesthus' Hänen temppelinsä varjoissa
1. Hänen temppelinsä varjoissa
2. Vihani alttarilta
3. Kuolonpolku
4. Jälkeläinen
5. Verta Saatanalle
6. Ikiyössä
7. Tyhjyys, ikuinen kuolema
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