This is a review of an earlier recording from Finland's Mustan Kuun Lapset which showed the music going for a melodic mixture of black and dark metal and the album was originally released in 2002 and called "Suruntuoja" which was re-issued in 2022 by Inverse Records with 2 live bonus tracks from 2016 and 3 original cassette demo tracks that where released in 2000.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them. When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling and the vocals are a mixture of high pitched black metal screams and death metal growls.
When synths are utilized they also give the music more of an atmospheric feeling while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the songs also adding in a great amount of dark metal elements.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with one song also adding in a brief use of spoken word parts. One of the tracks also adds in a brief use of acoustic guitars as well as the demo tracks also bringing in more of a rawer approach. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics are written in Finnish and cover darkness, death and anti religion themes.
In my opinion this was a very great sounding recording from Mustan Kuun Lapset and if you are a fan of melodic and old school black and dark metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Seremonia" "oysi" and "Taivaan takana". 8 out of 10.
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