[ Oranssi Pazuzu ]

‘Original’, ‘unique’ and ‘versatile’ are all examples of adjectives used too often in reviews in the music industry. So what do you do when a band actually releases an album which lives up to these praising words? If Finland’s Oranssi Pazuzu was only referred to as ‘Black Metal’, many metal fans wouldn’t waste a single second of their precious spare time listening to Oranssi Pazuzu’s music. As a matter of fact, Oranssi Pazuzu’s musical outcome is much more than just Black Metal. Oranssi Pazuzu occupies the marginally more atmospheric, psychedelic spectrum of Black Metal, but rather than sweeping and romantic, their music is spacey and groovy, like you could snap it in half and produce a million little stars. Stars that listen to YES, FAUST, LITMUS and ALCHEMIST. The formula here can basically be boiled down to three stylistic variations: classic, progressive rock with a sound that incorporates harmonies with a solid-rock backing, rooted in Ontto 's very precise approach to the bass, the keyboards a Hammond organ splatter, and more German Krautrock-derived, mid-paced parts with repetitive sequences, guitar riffs and a lot of improvisation whilst the vocalist launches into characteristic black metal brute force raspy singing.

Avant-garde space black metal may sound ridiculous to the average Joe out there, but Oranssi Pazuzu’s music incorporates the best of vintage 70’s progressive rock, the experimentations of German Krautrock bands as FAUST and CAN and finally the extremes of heavy metal. This is music that demands serious attention from the listener, multiple listens is absolutely required to fully grasp the wide array of layered sounds. The debut album of Oranssi Pazuzu, Muukalainen Puhuu, is entirely made up of original compositions, filled with complex, multi-part harmonies; loud, heavily layered guitar and bass parts; beautiful and melodic drum parts and surging organ (with Hammond organ/Mellotron embellishments) passages bridging them all.

Oranssi Pazuzu is a new Finnish avant-garde metal sensation that is about impossible to criticize. Saying that this band is awesome is an understatement. This band is recommended to everyone that would take the time to listen. If you say anything bad about them, then you are insane, literally. By only singing in Finnish, one would suspect the band to only concentrate on the domestic scene in Finland, but seriously, their music is universal! Oranssi Pazuzu creates original, emotive, hard-driving music that will not only provide metal listeners with a fresh perspective, but attract music lovers usually not interested in metal's extremities. Oranssi Pazuzu is simply put ‘original’, ‘unique’ and features a highly ‘versatile’ sound...

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