Unhola. What kind of a name is that? It is Finnish, and translates to "oblivion". I think Unhola is a project band (or their second band) of a few guys from Fall Of The Leafe and Crimson Midwinter etc. Basically, Unhola play black metal with death metal and folk metal elements thrown in. Surely, the music itself isn't too original in nowadays' vast metal music scene, but a couple of unique details definitely make Unhola unforgettable.

One funny thing, that happened to me was that I needed Ancient Ceremonies once again to find out this great Finnish band, and I listened to 'Puhtaasti pahoja', which featured on their cover CD, for weeks and I never noticed that the lyrics are in Finnish... So sick are the vocals (it's impossible to understand all of them even by reading the lyrics sheet)! The lyrics are usual anti-Christian and misanthropic stuff, "8 songs of pure evil" as it reads on a CD case. The absolutely mad and evil vocals are handled by Margoath. Two different main styles are usually both simultaneously used: Low demonic voice, which must have been lowered into the abyssic realms of inhumanity in the studio, is accompanied by a shrieky black metal voice. It all sounds maybe even more twisted as Glen Benton on Deicide records. Evil voice speech (on melancholic 'Ja Mustaan Tyhj

Rating: 7 (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Lane
12/15/2008 16:47