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Black vinyl with gatefold cover. Limited 350 copies

The highly acclaimed Finnish death doomsters return with their most ambitious work to date. Produced once again by the Triptykon and Dark Fortress guitarist V. Santura, Kuolemanlaakso’s sophomore album Tulijoutsen (The Fire Swan) explores unconquered grounds of heaviness, and pushes the band into a new level of melancholy. The 50-minute magnum opus was inspired by the grandeur of the Finnish forests, serene eeriness of the lakes and early 1900s poetry and folklore. Thus it was only natural for the band to live the lyrics, so to speak, and isolate themselves in a secluded location in the middle of the woods, and capture the true essence of the songs on hard disk. Musically the band has taken giant leaps in new territories, but not forgetting the crushing heaviness and the love for the avant-garde, which define the Kuolemanlaakso sound. Tulijoutsen is as versatile and epic as it gets, and it’s got more hooks than a slaughterhouse. Compared to previous material, Tulijoutsen offers a fresh variety of vocal acrobatics, bigger choruses, catchier melodies, fuller arrangements, more courageous surprises in the arch of drama – you name it. Tulijoutsen features the line-up of Kotamäki (Swallow the Sun, ex- Barren Earth) – vocals Laakso (Chaosweaver) – guitar and keys Kouta (Chaosweaver, ex-Verjnuarmu) – guitar Usva (The Nibiruan, ex-Elenium) – bass Tiera (Cult of Endtime, ex-Discard) – drums

Track list:
1. Aarnivalkea
2. Arpeni
3. Me Vaellamme Yössä
4. Glastonburyn Lehto
5. Verihaaksi
6. Musta
7. Tuonen Tähtivyö