Utumno
Across the Horizon


4.0
excellent


Release Date: 1993 | Tracklist

Review Summary: The light of day, not for me to find; forever my soul slumbers, while I wander blind.

Utumno are a Swedish death metal band who play ripping traditional swedeath with little progressive flourishes and cool drumming. They released a mini-album in 1993 called "Across the Horizon" that rules. The vocals are very loud and good, and the riffs are strong and powerful. Every now and then, the guitars will do something you don’t expect and that is what makes metal good. The drums are also awesome; the snare pops and cracks like it should and you can hear all the cool little ghost notes because the drummer rips.

There is no actual prog on this record (thank god), but, because the members are good at their instruments, they do these cool little techy things that add dynamics. A lot of underground metal bands didn’t make it big because they mostly sucked, but Utumno are not one of those bands. Tracks like “The Light of Day” and “In Misery I Dwell” are top tier. The lyrics are also awesome. They don’t really talk about gore and killing that much, the subject matter is more about depression and hating yourself and being miserable which are very metal ideas.

If you enjoy Swedish death metal, good drumming, and cool riffs, you will like this album a lot. I give it 4 out of 5 stars for a great performance but it should be longer.



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Hyperion1001
Emeritus
June 6th 2023


27340 Comments


please ignore the other review i posted it for the wrong album because im a dumbass.

evilford
June 6th 2023


67403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Gud shit pos'd

ShadowRemains
June 6th 2023


28091 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

angel's soundoff for this is so out of left field it's great lmao

evilford
June 6th 2023


67403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I remember reading that before. Soundoffs are such a weird social space

NightOnDrunkMountain
Contributing Reviewer
June 6th 2023


899 Comments


Underground classic

ffs
June 6th 2023


6342 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

hell yea

TheNotrap
Staff Reviewer
June 6th 2023


19076 Comments


I don't think I've ever listened to these guys, gotta check

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
June 6th 2023


27340 Comments


IN MISERY I DWELL

FAR BEYOND THE POINT

OF

LIFE

KILL
June 7th 2023


81580 Comments


first track is the best song ever made

Azazzel
June 7th 2023


940 Comments


hell yeah, I'll take 2 please

CaptainDooRight
June 7th 2023


169 Comments


absolutely floored this didn’t have a rev

Nice write up Hyp

Wizard
June 9th 2023


20572 Comments


Never heard this and my interest is peaked!

Hype is still one of the best OG's on here.

evilford
June 9th 2023


67403 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Ez

ShadowRemains
June 9th 2023


28091 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

vocals in this remind me of matti karki quite a bit on the early carnage/dismember stuff

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
June 9th 2023


27340 Comments


“absolutely floored this didn’t have a rev”

I’ve kinda lost my desire to write long in depth reviews, but it always pisses me off when I go to bump a thread and there isn’t a review, so I’m gonna start doing these short, 5 minute little write ups so we can bump all the good stuff.

next up is probably gonna be afflicted’s prodigal sun (which is also wild that it doesn’t have a review already.)

90m80s
June 11th 2023


1523 Comments


i wonder if swedish meth has any distinct differences from american meth

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
June 11th 2023


27340 Comments


thank you for the comment unfortunately I do not know the answer to your question.

id imagine the Swedes probably just stick to adderall but idk.

Havey
June 14th 2023


12287 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

no such thing as swedish meth really, we're solidly an amphetamine country m/

parksungjoon
July 23rd 2023


47231 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

sup hype

Hyperion1001
Emeritus
July 23rd 2023


27340 Comments


sup good record



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