VM Underground

VM-UNDERGROUND

Extreme Metal Fanzine est. 2012

May 17, 2025
Review: Degraved – Premonition Of Blasphemy [Demo]
May 16, 2025
Review: Cystic / Degraved – Lightless Domain [Split]
Review: Ghül - Rhîw
May 15, 2025
Review: Nunslaughter – Very Early And Filthiest Demos [Compilation]
Review: Serpent Mass – Mass of the Serpent / Odious Gateways [Compilation]
May 14, 2025
Review: Degraved - Whispered Morbidity & Exhumed Remnants [Compilation]
Review: Thrall – Schisms
May 13, 2025
Review: Satanik Goat Ritual - Resurrektion Ruined [Compilation]
Review: Nubivagant / Häxenzijrkell – Unveiling The Shrine Of The Night [Split]
May 12, 2025
Review: Urn – Morbid Death And Birth Of Unreleased Nightmares [Compilation]
Review: Xulux – Ex Favilla Nos Resurgemus [EP]
May 11, 2025
Review: Sex Blasphemy – Pungent Ovulations Of The Sorceress
Review: Armoured Angel – Baptism In Blood [Demo / Re-Release]
Review: Keiser - Likfunn [EP]
May 10, 2025
Review: Wiatyk – Tron Wlen [Demo / Re-Release]
Review: Wiatyk – Mysticism [Demo / Re-Release]
News: Sigorspéd and Iron Bonehead Productions unveils debut album: "As blitzkrieging as the best Swedish Black Metal but with a deeper, darker tone to their riffing..." 1
Review: Dräkul - Mondges​ä​nge [EP]
May 9, 2025
Review: Claws of Moriis - The Night Is So Lovely [EP]
Review: Hell Militia – Canonisation Of The Foul Spirit [Re-Release]
Review: Iätön – Portit Pohjolan
Review: Mercenario – Tormented Souls [EP]
May 8, 2025
News: Azathoth's Dream unveils new album to be released by Iron Bonehead Productions: "Much as the not-inconsiderable debut album titularly presaged its contents, 'Solitary Forest Necromancy' likewise sounds exactly as it should" 1
Review: Protector / Suicidal Winds - Protector / Suicidal Winds [Split]
Review: Horns & Hooves - Spectral Voyeurism [EP]
Review: Horns & Hooves - I Am the Skel Messiah
Review: Hesperia – Fra li Monti Sibillini (Black Medieval Winter Over The Sibylline Mounts)
May 7, 2025
Review: Mortem Agmen – From Profane Realms [EP]
Review: Warmoon Lord – Sacrosanct Demonopathy
Review: Cultus / Pest – Werelden Ten Onder / The Ancient Sleep [Split]
Review: Crepuscule - Hybrid Cancer [Demo / Re-Release]
Review: Bestial Bukkake - Masculine Testo Cumpilation [Compilation]
May 6, 2025
Review: Ainzamkait - Was des Lebens nicht wert
Review: Bestial Rites – El Abismo [Demo]
Review: Sanctvs / Sotherion – Inter Mortuos Liber [Split]
Review: Last Legion - Metall, blod & aska
May 5, 2025
Review: Veitsi – Sotaa & Tuhkaa [Demo]
Review: Rancid Cadaver - Mortality Denied
Review: Rancid Cadaver - Mass of Gore [EP]
Review: Rancid Cadaver - Flesh Monstrosity [EP]
Filter by: band
[%] - [[0-9]] - [A] - [B] - [C] - [D] - [E] - [F] - [G] - [H] - [I] - [J] - [K] - [L] - [M] - [N] - [O] - [P] - [Q] - [R] - [S] - [T] - [U] - [V] - [W] - [X] - [Y] - [Z]
Filter by: label
[[0-9]] - [A] - [B] - [C] - [D] - [E] - [F] - [G] - [H] - [I] - [J] - [K] - [L] - [M] - [N] - [O] - [P] - [Q] - [R] - [S] - [T] - [U] - [V] - [W] - [X] - [Y] - [Z]
Filter by: style
[A] - [B] - [C] - [D] - [E] - [F] - [G] - [H] - [I] - [M] - [P] - [S] - [T] - [V]
Filter by: country
[A] - [B] - [C] - [D] - [E] - [F] - [G] - [I] - [L] - [M] - [N] - [P] - [R] - [S] - [T] - [U]
Filter by: vmu-author
[A] - [B] - [C] - [D] - [E] - [F] - [G] - [H] - [I] - [J] - [K] - [L] - [M] - [N] - [O] - [P] - [R] - [S] - [T] - [V] - [W] - [X] - [Y] - [Z]

Falsum – Privation [Demo]

falsum – privation [demo]

Info

If I am well informed, this new one-man band is helmed by the drummer of Black Hurst, a band that I have been following because of their original and rather unique take on the Black Metal genre. Although Falsum is not quite the same as Black Hurst, both bands do share a creative and adventurous nature. Falsum, too, is not your average (one-man) Black Metal band and certainly has lots to offer for those who like their Black Metal a tad more interesting than the usual Gorgoroth copy.

Still, the musical foundations of Falsum are to be found within the framework of traditional Black Metal, evidenced by the grainy and raw guitars and equally harsh vocal delivery. But it is the dirging tempo and the mournful riffing that makes the music of ‘Privation’, making it fit very well to the title of this 2-track demo. The anonymous figure behind the band certainly knows how to build tension and to keep the listener’s attention throughout the full 14 minutes with eerie melodies and a constant and almost playful change of tempo and rhythm.

The blending of doomy atmospheres with the more standard pieces of the Black Metal toolbox makes ‘Privation’ a more than alluring piece of music from which a profound musical depth radiates. This is further enhanced by the somewhat atonal and dissonant manner of guitar playing, giving the listener something to chew on for many spins, as the music tends to get only better with each additional spin. As with much art, the real secrets will unfold for those who give it adequate time and attention.

Falsum

Related Articles

Self-Released

Related Articles

Reviews