Fórn – Rites of Despair 2LP Bell Witch During his 45-years recording career

During his 45-years recording career

where Värttö set up the Servataguse Muusika concert series

Gateway showcases a Bongzilla sound fertilized tenfold - simultaneously aggressive and mellow - with thunderous percussion

While things appear quite straight-forward on paper (the band has never hidden their love of roughly mixing early and down tuned Finnish death metal with extreme doom in an acid bath) there’s something quite unique about them

Fórn – Rites of Despair 2LP Bell Witch During his 45-years recording careerTheir first proper full length after a series of EPs and singles, Rites of Despair is the resulting vision of two years worth of tumult, including relocations, line up changes, life and death. Divided between two acts Act I: Depersonalisation and Act II: Derealisation Rites of Despair explores themes of isolation, depression, decay, tumultuous self discovery and abandonment. Tracking and engineering were completed by both Alec Rodriguez at New