WASTEMENT: Oranssi Pazuzu, Dark Buddha Rising and Waste Of Space Orchestra

In a Tampere dungeon lurks the best rock music of our time. And now it has its own thread. Let us celebrate two most excellent bands, and their supreme combination - dare you risk your mind in the Syntheosis?

https://wasteofspaceorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/syntheosis

(it's on Spotify as well)

A friend of mine was obsessed with the ‘zuzu for a while a couple of years ago. I have ‘Valonielu’ but not listened to it for ages.

I do quite like Kairon; IRSE! however.

Kairon are amazing as well, yes :) but they're not part of this collective I think. Happy to broaden this to all (good) Finnish psych-metal though...

Kairon Irse share a guitarist with OP I believe

I'm bumping this because this is my album of the year, and because I want to talk about Marko Neuman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCR-OrN41E0

So this^ is probably my SONG of the year, a furious synthesis of vocal styles and coruscating guitars. Imagine my surprise to learn that Marko Neuman is responsible for EVERY vocal on the track! Look, here's its original live incarnation from Roadburn, who commissioned the piece (starts about 9/10 minutes into the video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMw6iIxDEmE

It's all one guy! A quite unbelievable performance!

Not a surprise when you hear him talk about his favourite records though:

I met this girl at a bar and we ended up in my apartment. This was also back in the​ late 90s. It was late at night and we were sitting in the living room on the couch and I​ decided to put some music on. I turned off all the lights and put The Litanies of Satan in the player and turned the volume as loud as possible. After a while the girl started to freak out because of the vocals on the record and asked if I​ could change the music. I suggested that we s​hould listen​ to​ the whole album and she started freaking out more and left. At that moment I​ realis​ed that through art I​ want to have a similar impact on​ people like Litanies of Satan had on​ that girl.

i don't understand guys who bring girls they don't like back to their apartment, shit man it's ok to go home alone!

he liked her until she failed the Diamanda Test tbf

if you take a girl you've just met home from a bar and your idea of a good time is listening to the litanies of satan with her you don't really like her

if you listen to his performance on Wake Up The Possessor it's hard to argue he hasn't some of Galas' spirit, though...

that's cool, i'm still not going out with him

Been listening to DBR, especially Ritual IX. Enneargy has to be one of the best doom songs of all time, right? It's next-level. Such depth and lightness amongst the heft. Will be ploughing through the rest of the Dark Trilogy soon...great sunshine music

Yeah, that quote makes him sound like a massive dick

But I'll still pick up this album

Yeah, that quote makes him sound like a massive dick
― Duke, Monday, April 22, 2019 12:11 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Fortunately the other quote in the interview makes him sound way cooler:

I remember listening to​ this album on Sunday nights back in late 90s. Lying in my bed having a cigarette in one hand and a knife in​ the ​other hand. Those were beautiful moments.

"Wake Up The Possessor" is definitely the standout on the album so far.

DBR are SO satisfying, they're like a nine-course meal. Enneathan hits similar pleasure centres as GY!BE used to, except this is much better, at least to me now. The first part is just the most amazing rangy monster of a song, building to quite incredible intensity and then pushing on, further and further, as the guitarist gradually sets fire to the world.

I'm now listening to Entheomorphosis and finding it equally substantial. Most other modern doom can't hold a candle to this, for me. This is deeper, wilder and crazier, and it knows how to mix light and space with the heavy darkness in order to accentuate it

UPDATE

Vesperith! A female solo artist has been added to the Wastement circle! And it's good!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDmVEHWBFlI

Also, there's an OP live album now! I'm listening to VKH! It kicks ass!

Her 2015 EP, Esoteros, is stunning. I have high hopes for her upcoming album.

I see you added it to RYM the other week and are hitherto the sole voter! Will have to check it out...

Listening to the Vesperith now! Feels like it's a slow burner. Not a bad thing

It's more atmo than BM, which suits me just fine. I'm all for selenic Lisa Gerrard-esque Finns.

the preview track appears to have been a fake-out yes. but the atmospheres are good!

actually this album is throwing me slightly - every track is very distinct! fourth track is absolutely where it's at, wow

& in fact the whole second half of this appears to be magnificent

I'm actually into this. This is quite good

It's a little bloated though. Multishiva EP has a lot of the same vibes but is way leaner and more ferocious

I've finally got this almost a year after making a mental note to buy it. Great stuff. I must check out DBR...

Let us know how you get on with Ritual IX! Amazing album

Right folks

Hail the new technocrat! Righteous maelstrom! Fin Land!

https://open.spotify.com/album/6sAC6T34FoxU5uC1huLv6k

Or if it's Youtube you want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhXjwg8zOmk

hell yeah

I didn't want to get prematurely giddy over the teaser but fuxk yes.

if you asked me to name the best band in the world, this would be my snap answer

Ooooh

great to confirm they go further that psych kinetic tip

synth dude must've had a blast recording this; disquieting oscillations on next level

heard an interview where they confirmed this was their 'most electro' album yet. excited doesn't even cover it

think i found the interview. same

(ha, this is were you guys talked about the vesperith record. had no idea, until now by reading the whole thread, that Jun-His was involved. still stand by my initial impression that vesperith's album is uplifting and radiating. a grower, too)

five minutes into the opening track: they've done it. they've actually fucking done it

Listened through a couple times this morning - seems like more of a refinement/streamlining than an escalation of any kind to me but still very very good.

nah this is a leap forward imo

i don't know what it is yet but it's very good

can we somehow force them to come back and tour again on this album and maybe bring Circle and Demilich

Loving this new one so far, there's a new clarity that helps elevate it.

liking this a lot. I think i still dig the last 2 lps more but I love the direction they've gone. these synths are great

if this isn't my aoty then it's been quite a year. it's like they've hacked into my head and optimised the contents

Just put this on, it's definitely less metal (though still too metal for, say, my parents) but it's doing some cool hypnotic droney stuff that I enjoy.

Track five sounds like a KMFDM tribute or something.

Uusi teknokratia is cool as hell

With a bit of luck this will top next week's RYM chart instead of [redacted].

apples and oranges m8

'Appelsiini' iirc.

am i crazy or are the harsh vocals on this some of the harshest they've done? like the first track just sounds demented.

Okay, I absolutely love this. Way more industrial, esp in the second half, and intense than I expected, but it works. I also hear a ton of Circle influence, especially in "Taivaan portti" with all of that repetition.

lol when you bumped the Circle thread the other day I had to hold my tongue not to mention this

Ha, yeah, that NWOFHM influence is certainly a big part of why I like this one as much as I do.

If you've not yet heard @Oranssi_Pazuzu's 'Mestarin kynsi' then we suggest you spend the time between now and Friday (May 15th) getting familiar, as they'll be live streaming a full play through of the album at 9pm CEST / 8pm BST / 3pm EDT / Noon PDT.https://t.co/UYxYVooUdF

— Roadburn Festival (@roadburnfest) May 12, 2020

Looking forward to this

Gotta learn all the lyrics so I can sing along

Also might swallow some razor blades to get the right tone

Live in thirty minutes!

We're in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfANRKPnC8M

Kuulen ääniä maan alta is now my favourite thing

sort of realised during this that the second half might be the godlier half yeah

re: the industrial n' electronic bits. yeah, they're very much pushed upfront. after this streaming though, i can't unlisten to some kind of Olof Dreijer/Oni-ish influence. more subtle, but crucial

Wasn't able to watch the stream, but I'm totally sold on the second half being better.

Kuulen ääniä maan alta is now my favourite thing

― knife sharpening tips (gaudio), Friday, May 15, 2020 9:46 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

sort of realised during this that the second half might be the godlier half yeah

― imago, Friday, May 15, 2020 9:59 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Both otm. Thanks for posting the link lj!

I'm discovering the record as I type, finding it really good, I like the spectrum of sound and the hypnotic quality, the way the synths and chimes sound as the rest is buried, creating this orchestral atmosphere.
Not a big fan of his growls but that's alright.

The hits keep coming!

https://kaironirse.bandcamp.com/album/polysomn-2

Lots of Oranssi Pazuzu popping up on my playlist tonight. Still one of the best albums of the year.

Indeed. Now behold the light flipside to OP's dark!

In this year of no shows I’m so glad I made the last-minute decision to see them with Insect Ark last year, I had never even listened to either band before and it was exhilarating.

New Kairon; IRSE! is really good imo.

ah i'm so psyched gotta dl it

last two Kairon albums were outstanding

Yeah, digging it

ty lj, loving this "light flipside", never heard of these guys.

How exactly does this tie back to Oranssi Pazuzu?

They share a guitarist I think

THEY'RE FINNISH

Is this the thread where I share links to Moomin music?

I think there's some sort of Oranssi Pazuzu production connection on this one. It's really good - fun listen!

https://polymoon.bandcamp.com/releases

OP picking Deafkids as their opening act for the next year shows, is straight fire awesomeness. it takes courage, too. really good match

oh I need to get a ticket for their UK show

Whaaa ty for the revive, it turns out they're playing in a small place just 20km from here! :D Very unusual given their ever expanding fame but I'll take it! (if we can ever go to concerts again that is)

Imagine living in a country where concerts are already being planned again!

feel compelled to observe here too that WOSO's other hemisphere have also delivered magnificently in 2020

https://darkbuddharising.bandcamp.com/album/mathreyata

Classic bong rip intro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNFGtm8rFaM

the director of this is incredible, whoever it is.

Paul Hanney
2 years ago
it is a German movie called Angst. The lead actor is Erwin Leder who starred in Das Boot and Underworld Evolution

He was Johann the chief mechanic who cracked up then redeemed himself by plugging the leaks later

Could have bumped the Oranssi Pazuzu thread, but let's bump THIS one. SICK JAMZ AHOY

https://hauntedplasma.bandcamp.com/album/i

― imago, Friday, 31 May 2024 07:17 (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

.....i AM going to bump the Oranssi Pazuzu thread too, however.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pn_eHr0dtPI

kinda wish i'd enjoy muuntautuja (the song) much much more. blame their pr i guess

vaiotus otoh!!!! mf's this is it, this is what you promised us. terrific! ok i'm seeing this guys next month that's for sure

this album is a disappointment, although in part because of how all-time-great the last one was

pairs well with a nice apocalyptic book though. maybe there's something to this. always the repeat listens eh

I am liking it so far. The show I saw in 2019 was transcendent and I hope they make it back to my part of the US again soon.

blame their pr i guess

Why? Super corny? Sometimes I'm glad I don't see that side of the business.

half joking. i love pr's. i love reading pr's

thing is if one of those re:oranssi is assuring that i'll get my brains absolutely fucked out more than ever, don't fail me

weird, i want to like this and i can hear great stuff in there but - is it just me or is the mixing terrible? I keep turning up the volume to hear things better but it always sounds super muddy, as if it's playing from under a thick blanket (not in a good way)

It does sound a little muddy to me too, which is a shame because I otherwise really love the direction they took on this one.

Sounds pretty good on mine. what kind of system are you listening on?

I got into Oranssi around the same time I first heard Pinkish Black, in 2014 I think... I had associated the two at the time, but not much later on. This one almost takes me back to that. The super distorted bass and drums which maybe give it that muddy sound you're hearing. I recently bought some nice studio monitors and the album sounds pretty great on them.

I don't have too many touchstones in industrial black metal, but I generally like the mad claustrophobic atmosphere here. It sounds a bit like Arcturus or Ihsahn. I like how they alternate nervous angst, sense of interstellar doom, contemplation of the void. Fine trip down some glimmering abyss.