Mother Susurrus: Maahaavaa

Hailing from The Land of the Thousand Lakes, the Tampere-based experimental act Mother Susurrus present to you their five-track opus Maahaavaa. And, let it be known right from the get go: this is not music for everyone. Chances are that mainstream pop fans will run away like fleas from a dog in the shower, as their heads are likely not to be able to process this kind of music. So, if you are a mainstream pop fan, don't bother reading on.

But, given that this is Sea of Tranquility, it is more likely that you are indeed not a braindead mainstream pop fan, but that you are a free-thinking individual with an actual interest in deviant non-mainstream music. And this is exactly how Maahaavaa could be described. The five tracks are darkly psychedelic, combining extremely heavy sludgy figures, played on muddy guitars, with an introspect psychedelia which is outright fear-inducing at times, but also have a trance-inspiring feel to them. The five tracks take the listener through a meandering maze of layers, textures and moods – most of which retain the dark and introspective feel. Operating mainly with sludgy and, at times more doom metal-oriented, figures, Mother Susurrus also draw inspiration from drone music, which is not only reflected in the considerable length and lumbering pace of the five tracks, but also in a couple of soundscaping passages. The Finns also draw on traditional singing styles from their native country, as heard in "Anagnorisis".

This album is definitely worth given a listen or ten, if you prefer your music sludgy and challenging. Fans of doom metal, sludge metal, drone metal and post-metal are bound to enjoy the abyssmal darkness that oozes from Maahaavaa.

Tracklist
1. Superposition
2. Scopolamine
3. Anagnorisis
4. Ylösnousemus
5. Uniemä

Added: August 17th 2013
Reviewer: Kim Jensen
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