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Atomikylä to Release Keräily April 29

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This is good news. Finnish psychedelic black metallers Atomikylä tip the balance from one side to the other better than the vast, vast majority of those I’ve heard try. The difference? Production value is part of it — Atomikylä‘s 2014 debut, Erkale (review here), was lush in the true sense of creating a tonal wash, and among the elements of heavy psychedelia it incorporated was a true sense of sonic depth, not trying to sound thin and tinny as so much rawer black metal does, but crafting something you might really call encompassing. Making the listener part of the ritual, as opposed to just a spectator.

Best case scenario would be to continue that vibe, but I have the feeling a band this creative isn’t necessarily going to rest on their laurels one album to the next. They’re at Roadburn 2016 this week and I’m very much looking forward to picking this one up:

Atomikyla Keraily

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The dark psychedelic underground in Tampere, Finland is one of the most vividly creative musical collectives in the scene on the planet today, with such bands as Oranssi Pazuzu and Dark Buddha Rising both considered masters of the uncharted territory in metal. Sprouting from the confines of the joint rehearsal space Wastement comes Atomikylä, a psychic joining of forces of members from both bands. Atomikylä is liberation through sound. It is the nightside of the collective unconscious and a means of escape from the confines of norm and comfort. Smashing walls with a wall of sound, Atomikylä are set to release their second album, Keräily, through Svart Records.

Atomikylä took their name (“nuclear village”) from a village of abandoned barracks in Tampere. The barracks were originally used to house workers constructing a nuclear power plant in the ’80s, after which they were dragged to the roadside in suburban Tampere and abandoned. Populated for years by drunks and junkies, the small shunned village was demolished a few years ago. The band Atomikylä dwells in a similar mental setting – radiant but lowly, dangerous and unpredictable, barred from normal life.

Keräily will be available at the Roadburn festival this week, and in shops from April 29th onwards. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Atomikylä’s Keräily
1. Katkos
2. Risteily
3. Pakoputki

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