Format:CD EP in jewel box Catalog Number:BloodLust! 129 Genre:Industrial / Noise / Power-Electronics
BloodLust!
is pleased to present a newly re-designed version of "Anarkkia, Kaaos,
Maailmanloppu!" -- an extremely scarce recording by the cult industrial
noise group, Kriminaaliset Metsänhaltijat -- which barely saw the light
of day when it was originally released in a preposterously limited
edition of only 30 cassettes, in 2008, by Triangle Records, which was
then based in Russia. I was so captivated by the first raw and visceral
recordings that I heard by them that I immediately requested to hear
more of their music, and casual contact between the band and BloodLust!
quickly escalated into discussions about both archival and future
releases. The members of this shadow group of old-school industrial
acolytes originally hails from Finland and from Karelia -- a region and
an autonomous republic of northwest Russia, between the Gulf of Finland
and the White Sea. To paraphrase some of the band's own dogmatic yet
oblique statements and manifestos, Kriminaaliset Metsänhaltijat quite
accurately claim to have built their sound on the bones of such groups
as S.P.K. and Throbbing Gristle, through a prism of Japanese
harsh-noise and Finnish hardcore-punk, spewing out a nihilistic
nightmare of diffused synth hiss, commanding metal percussion, waves of
harsh-noise, anarcho-punk attitude, and dissident power-electronics.
This exciting and satisfying EP should act as an excellent introduction
for those who are unfamiliar with this band, and in the coming months,
BloodLust! will be releasing an all-new compact disc titled
"Koskemattomuus." These are professionally duplicated CDs, with single
panel, double-sided inserts featuring color artwork; in jewel boxes
with shrinkwrap.