Freezing Moon - Damned Land demo 1997

Freezing Moon (fin) - Damned Land demo 1997
1) Intro (Kaamos)
2) Lord of Raped Angels
3) Black Moon Is Rising
4) Damned Land
5) Sacrifice for Darklord
6) Outro (Revontulet)
7) Bonus Live Track

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Black metal and a demo (+band) I must admit I don't know jack about, this is as far as I know Freezing Moon from Finland and probably their only demo. I got this one from a tape trader, who by the way wasn't Finnish and I base the little info seen above on what I got from him. Metal Archives does list a few other Freezing Moons but not this one nor did I come across them elsewhere. I don't remember ever seeing a flyer or a review for this either so once again any and all info is welcomed with open arms! Well, the intro & outro names are Finnish and the vocalist both sounds Finnish and uses it so at least that bit seems correct.

What is it like? It's melodic black metal with a synth presence, the metal parts do sound a little muddy compared to the clarity of the synth intro. The metal tracks of the demo proper are surprisingly short, there's a little over 10 minutes of metal here against the 8 minutes of intro and outro. Well, then there's the bonus live track which I don't have a title to, that's almost five minutes more metal. I don't know if it's part of the demo release or was it just dubbed after the copy which found its way to my hands eventually. Even if the sound is a bit on the murky side, it's not that bad and the music is better than I remembered. It's a bit more direct and uncomplicated approach than most sympho bm so hipsters into avantgardish boundary-and-genre-breaking, jaw-dropping post-this-and-that will obviously be dissappointed. Recommended if you enjoy obscure black metal demos, doubly if you prefer them melodic.