BloodLust!
is happy to announce "Koskemattomuus," the label's second release by
the emerging industrial noise group, Kriminaaliset Metsänhaltijat,
which follows on the footsteps of the bands recent "Anarkkia, Kaaos,
Maailmanloppu!" EP [B!129]. The members of this shadow group of
old-school industrial acolytes originally hail 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 "new" album, which the band actually
recorded in 2001, furthers the group's association with the
anarcho-punk scene [CRASS, et al] by presenting a fiercely grim
anti-war statement. By conjuring the disasters of war, both historic
and contemporary, the group lays the blame for the death of so many
innocent civilians squarely on the shoulders of greedy politicians and
big business. Kriminaaliset Metsänhaltijat weave their aggressive, dark
industrial-noise style with segments of traditional, romantic Finnish
war songs from World War II, as well of impassioned battlefield vocal
segments, creating a complex and compelling tableaux that should appeal
to a broad group of listeners, including fans from the martial music,
minimal synth, crusty punk, and noise scenes. These are professionally
duplicated CDs, with single panel, double-sided inserts, featuring
striking color artwork; in jewel boxes with shrinkwrap.