PURTENANCE “Awaken From Slumber”

PURTENANCE
“Awaken From Slumber”
(Xtreem)
Finnish death metal. I think that I have a 7” by them hidden somewhere in my apartment. I know that I like this band and that I will most probably also like this new record from them. I don’t know what it is about the Finnish death metal sound that appeals to me but I can’t think of a single bad band that I’ve heard coming from Finland. This is the really dirty kind of death metal. The one that American bands like Incantation play. This is really, really down tuned and murky in a very cool underground kinda way. You just gotta love death metal to fully appreciate this. Don’t go expecting any melodeath or tech death. This is the primordial stuff. Anders Ekdahl