Here's a misleading image - a nice big hog (motorcycle) picture on the front of the new Here To Stay album by Finland's Deuteronomium. Anything but biker music, though... These guys tear it up with tight, classic-metal influenced hybrid metalcore stuff. The drumming and guitar lead playing are just absolutely killer. These guys have been at it since '93, creating extreme death metal and mixing things up like black metal and some international sounds. This release doesn't stay in one place musically, but it does forge a new musical identity for the group. They would fit nicely in the Solidstate lineup, but their outright classic metal leanings would make them stand out like a defiant thumb in the air. By shaving away some of the extreme-ness from their sound, they will appeal to more in the extreme hard music scene. For ordering info, write: Little Rose Productions, Box 533, 40101 Jyvaskyla, Finland
Other coverage for this album
Art for the Ears 1999Reviewed by Marco PovervestA long, long time ago, it was 1993, I first heard about Deuteronomium. A metalband from Finland was something new to me and thus my attention was attracted. A criminal, hardly readable logo showed what I could expect: Deathmetal. I listened to the demo Paths Of Righteousness and I decided to buy it. It was really deathmetal with vocals of Manu Lehtinen and Miika Partala. Anno domini 1999 these…The Phantom Tollbooth 1999Reviewed by Josh SpencerMany accused Deuteronomium of inconsistency on their last album, noting how they jumped from black to melodic death to alterna-thrash to groove metal. No chance of that this time. They've picked the easiest-to-play sound in their repertoire--groove deathpunk ala mid-90s Napalm Death and Carcass--and slammed out a new album less than a year after Street Corner Queen. They actually call it "death…HM Magazine #73Reviewed by Doug Van PeltEarning the biggest tongue-twister for a name category, this Finnish outfit also comes to the plate with some credible hard music. They mix hardcore fury with thrashy and death metal guitars and some grungy low end to produce a unique 'n' heavy sound. Occasionally the vocals will come screeching out a la black metal style. Fans of Cradle of Filth, Embodyment and Zao will probably be into this…Similar sounding releases
2004100 Demons100 Demons
2002Living SacrificeConceived In Fire
2005Seventh StarBrood of Vipers
2001MortificationThe Silver Cord Is Severed
2005UnearthOur Days of Eulogy
1999MindrageSown in Weakness, Raised in Power
