Tag: Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions
Jumalhamara – Resitaali Review
That right there is a piece entitled White Painting [Three Panel], done in 1951 by the world renowned artist, Robert Rauschenberg. (Latex paint on canvas, 72″ x 108″ – Collection SFMOMA.) This piece, along with …
Venus Star – Nigredo Expulsion Review
Artistic minimalism can be a tough act to pull off convincingly. When it’s done well, the end result can be courageously focused and direct, clearly unwilling to allow anything extraneous to blur the edges of …
W.A.I.L. – Wisdom Through Agony Into Illumination And Lunacy Review
In October of 2009, a mysterious outfit from Kristiinankaupunki, Finland, released a vinyl-only LP of its only full length to date, Wisdom through Agony into Illumination and Lunacy. Fans of Finnish doom and black metal …
Ave Maria – Chapter I Review
Not long after Code666 brought attention to yet another excellent not-quite-avant-garde blackened metal band in Johann Wolfgang Pozoj, here comes Ahdistuksen Aihio Productions with Germany’s Ave Maria. Both compellingly odd and oddly compelling, Chapter I …
Jumalhamara – Resignaatio Review
Originally written by Doug Moore. Black metal today can be divided (very roughly, mind) into two camps. One camp consists of traditionalists. Darkthrone’s Fenriz is their chief spokesman, and stalwarts like Immortal, Gorgoroth, Watain, and Inquisition are their field generals. The …