Published: October 24, 2019

Tuntematonta kotimaista black metal -laitaa kulkeva Kval on jälleen yksi luontomystiikasta inspiraationsa ammentava sooloprojekti. Alkuasetelma ei ole paperilla kovinkaan mielenkiintoinen, mutta itse musiikki onnistuu ilahduttamaan toimivuudellaan.

Kval edustaa suomalaisbändeille hieman erikoisempaa tunnelmallista black metalia, jonka eteen joku saattaisi liittää jopa post-sanan. Tiedossa on siis viipyileviä riffikuljetuksia, k...

Published: October 7, 2019

Por enésima vez, desde la Tierra de los Mil Lagos nos llega una obra para analizar. De manos del sello canadiense Hypnotic Dirge Records, recibimos la segunda obra en larga duración del one man band finés KVAL. Proyecto formado en 2016 bajo el nombre de KHAOSSOS y rebautizado cuatro años después, no fue hasta 2017 cuando se editó el debut homónimo, que editó también Hypnotic Dirge. 

He de confesar que este LP, titulado La...

Published: August 24, 2019 

Finland why is always Finland they are truly one of the most inventive and creative places on this Earth for extreme and avant music . This is Atmospheric Post Black metal on the highest of all orders. I love the very ethereal side that the music creates with that  Virus, Code, VBE, Katatonia  vibe. Kval is all about the beauty and the nightares and its what the music and gritty vocal style creates for me . I hear so much experimenta...

Published: August 6, 2019

Una vez más, el verano estaba a punto de acabar. Los interminables días cargados de vida daban paso a la oscuridad y a la muerte. No tenía constancia de cuanto había vivido, pero si sabía que posiblemente aquel fuese su último invierno. Echó la vista atrás y recordó la suerte que tuvo al encontrar aquel árbol moribundo. Tenía un gran agujero en su corteza que le resultó perfecto para crear su mortal trampa. Nunca se s...

Published: July 31, 2019

Kval è la creatura del giovane Miro Lamo, blackster finlandese di stanza da qualche parte nei dintorni di Helsinki. Laho, marcio in finlandese, è il secondo album con questo monicker, ma in realtà soltanto il primo a essere pensato specificamente per questo progetto: il debutto omonimo Kval (2017), infatti, non era altro che una ristampa con una veste ripensata di Kuolonkuu, disco che Lamo pubblicò nel 2015 come Khaossos, il p...

Published: July 16, 2019

Po ostatnich średnich i powiedzmy sobie szczerze, słabych płytach z kręgów atmosferycznego black metalu, nie miałem ochoty już na przeprawy z tego typu kapelami. W ręce wpadła mi jednak druga płyta fińskiego Kval. I się skusiłem… Raz, że mam słabość do fińskiej sceny, a dwa, że lubię Finów :)

Kval to projekt, w którym władzę absolutną i niepodzielną sprawuje… Kval, który jest jedynym członkiem projektu, a pod...

Published: July 10, 2019

So it’s back to life, emptiness and chaos from the solo artist Kval from Finland who professes to a liking for Burzum. This is a follow up to his impressively bleak self-titled release of 2017.

“Laho” comprises five weighty pieces. From the outset we are transported to a cold world of despair and greyness. The delicate acoustic tones and ringing backdrop provide momentary pause for reflection, but make no mistake: this is a harsh, men...

Published: June 16, 2019

Kval is chill, relaxation, atmospheric, one-person black metal from Finland. The vocals are extreme, but they are not super harsh and end up sounding almost as background landscape. Keyboards are important and for fans of this genre, this is something along the lines of the aural themes of forests-and-mountains vibes. It is chill rock with a bit of tremolo picking and some gentle-giant, softer growled vocals. Some of this music is just ...

Published: June 9, 2019 
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While early Spring may bring the thaw its mid and late Spring that anchors the bloom and coloring of the waking world. Finnish artist Kval and his second album Laho is a fitting musical accompaniment to that greening, a contemplative and unhurried experience. Atmospheric black metal as likely only would emerge from Finland.

To reiterate: Laho goes many places and takes its time (each time) to get there. Melody and sustained atmosphere are...

Published: June 4, 2019 

KVAL - translating to "anguish" in English - is an atmospheric ambient Black Metal band from Vantaa, Finland. Founded in 2012 under the name KHAOSSOS, the project began by recording a demo, EP and a split albums with 1389 and AURIAL as well as a debut album entitled “Kuolonkuu (Deathmoon).” Cold and dark mid-paced melodic Black Metal with catchy icy riffs coated in frost permeated the output of KHAOSSOS, conveying emptiness and the so...

Published: June 3, 2019 

KVAL lassen ihre Kompositionen unterschiedlichste musikalische Bausteine einfließen und erreichen damit ein breites Spektrum an Stimmungen. Sie geben sich mit viel Spielfreude, Herz und Blut ihrem Experiment hin und produzieren mit viel Liebe zum Detail ein Werk, das mit seinem Klang zeitlos ist. Sie lieben es, mit Kontrasten zu spielen und verfolgen eine gekonnte Licht-Schatten / Statik-Dynamik Strategie, um im Endeffekt das Gegensät...

Published: June 2, 2019

Finse atmosferische black metal, kan niet slecht zijn. Of toch? De vraag stellen is ze ergens al beantwoorden, al doet het fraaie artwork anders vermoeden, maar toch besteden we even iets meer woorden aan de tweede release van dit soloproject Kval. Vier tracks die samen voor een kleine veertig minuten aan materiaal zorgen, dus je weet dat je lange tracks mag verwachten.

Op zich klinkt deze opbouw erg vertrouwd in de oren, met enerzijds sto...

Published: May 23, 2019

The bitter bolete rise in the span of days from the dirt of her undercarriage just a few inches towards the rain. Intrepid moss finally creeps its first foot from down a nearby stone to bring moisture and warming cloak to her frigid, naked rest. Hewn and cast down with sawed limbs as a dead-eyed mess soon to fill with bugs and all sorts of wriggling creatures, the corpse soon returns as nourishment for the dirt she’d risen from decades ...

Published: May 21, 2019 

Kotimainen yhden miehen black metal -projekti KVAL nostatteli pari vuotta sitten alan harrastajien kulmakarvoja erinomaisella debyytillään, ja iskee nyt muutaman vuoden hengähdystauon jälkeen mustan tikarinsa kuulijan sieluun uudella ”LAHO”-nimeä kantavalla albumilla. Sitä tietää myös olevansa tekemisissä ehdan underground-materiaalin kanssa, kun arviointipöydälle tipahtaa poltettu CD-levy ja saatetekstin virkaa toimittaa...

Published: May 21, 2019 

Whilst the genre is typically associated with autumnal beauty and an accompanying sense of majesty, there is potential for atmospheric black metal to express something darker; for the path in the woods to become obscured, for the plants to be covered in thorns and the shadows be home to danger. Such is the case for Laho, the second album from Finnish band Kval. Translating to “rotten”, Laho is intended as a metaphor for the human mind...

Published: May 21, 2019 

Kval are a black metal band from Finland and this is their second album.

I’ve been greatly anticipating the next Kval release, as the band’s 2017 self titled debut album was quite the underground find. The debut seemed to be a solo affair, whereas this new one seems to have added a guitarist.

Laho is the sound of an artist recognising what he did so well in the past, and expanding upon it for his follow up album. The core of the musi...

Published: May 20, 2019 

Dedicated to forest floor decay as an allegory for brain-rot, Laho is ceaseless in its persistence and beautiful in its grimness. Kval has been simultaneously delicate and existentially unstoppable with this release, offering extended moments of gentle reprieve from the black metal onslaught to pad the album’s dynamics. This is an album of many dualities — slow/fast, big/small, hard/soft — and exploring each one through its atm...

Olá bangers, hoje trazendo novamente Kval, projeto de Black Metal finlandês desenvolvido pela dupla Isaac Arcturian e Kval, já resenhado aqui no blog, desta vez, trazendo seu recente lançamento, Laho, direto do forno. Recapitulando para os acompanhantes do blog que chegaram agora, Kval consiste em um projeto desenvolvido em 2012, tendo seu trabalho de estreia, “Kval”, lançado em 2017, e agora sucedido de última hora. Laho, exibe...

Kval  are  a  solo  project  from  finland  that  has  had  music reviewed  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  an  atmospheric  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review of  their  2019  album  "laho"  which  will  be  released  on  may  23rd  by  hypnotic  dirge  records. 

Acoustic  guitar  playing  starts  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  heavier  musical  direction  which  also  introduces  high  pitched  black...