Aluk Todolo - Finsternis LP / Digital Download

Aluk Todolo are a recondite creature. Part okkult black metal fiend and part snide kraut menace. Somehow the doppelganger works and Finsternis proves for a second time there is brilliance in the absence of light. Dry, spare percussion grievously mines the scrapes, shrieks and shimmer of mutated guitar and bass. Finsternis is the German word for eclipse, mimetic of cyclic elements, phases and unphases, endless rebeginnings, broken circles and perfect circles. A dangerous, noxious coil of all things black.

LP available from Public Guilt in May 2010. CD version (with different artwork from Stephen Kasner) available from Utech Records.

"9/10... They don't even call themselves "black metal" and don't strum around trying to find more unpleasant chords than the next band. As for beats, they would use just, basically, one and a half beat, one bass line, some unidentifiable feedback noise, and a few chords, for the complete duration of the album. And there you go - the future of black metal, right in front of you. You should definitely own Finsternis, but we're not sure we'd actually recommend listening to it. It might cause damage. But, you wanted to know what the future will sound like? Go for it, then." - Maelstrom

"This album is art, pure and simple. It's been a while since I could say that I've been so enveloped by an album that I forget where I am when listening to it." - Stereo Killer

"As the music of Aluk Todolo, is disarmingly simple, subtle and minimal, but in its minimalism, lies its power. The power of rhythm, of texture, of mood, these five long pieces are so evocative, so expressive and strangely emotional. Even at its most spare and skeletal, the sound is palpable, almost a physical presence, which is surprising again considering just how stripped down Finsternis actually is." - Aquarius Records

"Malevolently psychedelic and enchanting." - T.R.O.A. II

1. Premier Contact
2. Deuxième Contact (MP3)
3. Totalité
4. Troisième Contact
5. Quatrième Contact

Shantidas Riedacker - Guitar
Matthieu Canaguier -Bass
Antoine Hadjioannou -Drums

Release date: May 18, 2010

Artwork: Aluk Todolo

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