Kuvaus
Kuolemanlaakso: M. Laakso – Vol. 1: The Gothic Tapes
CD
SVART035BK, Svart Records, 2016
Deluxe DVD sized art book edition, A5 digibook, limited to 500 copies.
This edition includes a bonus track and a 24-page booklet featuring handwritten lyrics, exclusive liner notes and exquisite photographic art.
Children of the Night 5:20
Roll the Dice with the Devil 4:41
Where the River Runs Red 4:06
The World’s Intolerable Pain 5:45
She Guides Me in My Dreams 4:54
No Absolution 6:17
Deeper into the Unknown 5:01
My Last Words 9:34
The World’s Intolerable Pain (Helena Haaparanta On Fire Mix) 5:45
Kuolemanlaakso are back, unlike you’ve never heard them before! As the title aptly implies, “M. Laakso – Vol. 1: The Gothic Tapes” is the first solo album of Kuolemanlaakso mastermind Laakso. It showcases his songwriting catchier and more varied than ever.
“Kuolemanlaakso started out as my one-man solo project, which quickly escalated into a full-action monster with shows in the biggest clubs and metal festivals around Finland. As our singer Kotamäki will be occupied with Swallow the Sun’s touring duties for a long time, I finally had the opportunity to record an actual Kuolemanlaakso solo album”, Laakso rejoices.
Compared to the previous Kuolemanlaakso releases, a lot has changed and much has stayed the same. For starters, “M. Laakso – Vol. 1: The Gothic Tapes” is not a death doom album. While the trademark heaviness, gloominess and melancholy are still solidly present; the color palette is vastly wider. The album is a journey through a wide range of emotions steered by nyctophilia, love for the dark. Whereas “Uljas uusi maailma” (2012), Musta aurinko nousee (EP, 2013) and “Tulijoutsen” (2014) were compared to acts such as Celtic Frost, My Dying Bride and Ajattara, one might hear echoes of Sisters of Mercy, Tiamat, Paradise Lost and Amorphis on this release. What’s also different is the language, and using Laakso as the lead vocalist.
