THE CHANT “A Healing Place”

THE CHANT
“A Healing Place”
(Lifeforce)
OK another Finnish band to write home about. It seems that under any given rock in the Finland you can find a band that is good enough to put on record. No, I’m not complaining. I’m not even feeling jealous. Turn a rock, any rock in Sweden and you’ll find a band equally as good. The Chant could very well be the next big Finnish metal export if they play their cards right. This wasn’t quite what I expected. I had hoped for something in the vein of Synergy but this turned out more like Katatonia. Not that I’m complaining. This is mellow and somber and melancholic in a way that I don’t associated the Finns with. With this being the band’s third album you think I’d heard of them before, and perhaps I have, because this is the kind of music that I like the best. Dark and moody. Anders Ekdahl