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Black vinyl with poster. Limited 200 copies

With The Helsinki Tapes the band closes the book on one of the more cursed chapters of their career. Niklas Kvarforth has, on countless occasions, mentioned the month that he spent together with Christian Larsson and Yusaf Parvez (DHG) in an apartment that they rented in Finland’s capital. The three resolved to use this space as a base in which to write, experiment and cause various forms of unspecified damage before heading to Varberg to record the new album. For years, the band has wished that these infamous demo tapes could be released officially somehow. Now comes The Helsinki Tapes which is the original recording that the band themselves have stressed: Is in so many ways far superior to the actual album itself. We may or may not agree on that, but there’s certainly a mesmerizing rawness and constant feeling of unease contained within this otherworldly material. Not to mention, the tapes serve as an audial retelling of how an obscure Black Metal band from Sweden transformed into something different and ultimately way more dangerous than even those involved ever could have anticipated.

Track list:
1. Kanvasduk / Hudkystom
2. The Ghastly Silence
3. Misantropen
4. Hail Darkness Hail
5. Det Forna Grå
6. For The God Below