Depravity (FIN) - Silence of the Centuries EP 1993

[@putridabomination]

A bloody magnificent album front to back. Finnish death metal at its finest. Depravity's dark and cold riffs and haunting solos are unforgettable. Classic album \m/

[@kotanovakota]

Sad only few people know them

[@dorianl7294]

As cheesy as the artwork is, I still prefer it over the crappy CG artwork we get today. I love shit like this.

[@forgoatusbm5674]

The best Metal album covers looked like art class workups of the idea you had scribbled on your notebook.

[@tubbiele2]

All glory to the fanzine style. Carbonized's "For the security" and Morpheus MLP, as an example.

[@mson925]

Have you seen the thinking in tongues by suicide silence cover? That cover looks so bad like they looked up a stock image and then put their logo on in it. The logo and image are in different resolutions so the logo looks all clean while the background looks grainy. And it has this shitty gothic font for the title of the single.

[@lastnamefirstname9581]

@@mson925 shit album covers needs equally shit bands.

[@derjeniche5409]

This artwork is perfect

[@TheTrueAdolfHitler]

the blue man group looks like theyre in pain :

[@yerkkvs8478]

They are diying Mr Meeseeks

[@katbyres5733]

poor dudes :((

[@ultratumba280]

they also just realized colloidal silver doesn't cure shit

[@abelramirezampuero9694]

@@yerkkvs8478 Lmao thought the same

[@putridabomination]

Best comment ever

[@charnellechery3237]

There's something incredibly alien & surreal about Finland's early death metal scene in both sound & artwork, this is an excellent example (Demilich will be mentioned due to the artwork, of course) ... the less traditional releases (Xysma, 90s Amorphis etc) also come to mind, the Finns seem to have a way of conjuring the mystical & otherworldly. Fantastic stuff!

[@asafoetidajones8181]

I agree. It has a mystical quality. A lot of the "prog" is there as listenable weirdness as opposed to wandering wankiness. The groove is rarely absent even when it gets technical. So just like bolt thrower I can listen to it all day without feeling like I have to fucking sit and pay attention to get it. Like demilich is gorguts prog not dream theater/rush prog lol. I mean that stuff is fine just not my thing. And the . I also think that there's some subconscious "folk" or Finno-ugric ethnic music influence even when it's *not* a band deliberately incorporating those elements. I grew up hearing lots of Finn folk music and sometimes I hear the melodies and even rhythms in Finn osdm bands that aren't supposed to or generally understood to have folk elements. I also personally appreciate the relative lack of sexual violence and rape as a lyrical theme like slam Floridian and us in general stuff has because I hate that shit whether people think it's lame to feel that way or not.

[@BlixTheGoblin]

Yup especially with Thergothon and Demigod too

[@ianswift3521]

@@asafoetidajones8181 yeah you're right impaled nazarene definitely doesn't have lyrics like that. or plenty of other bands from your nation. singling out US is bullshit and you know it. It's mostly germans who are doing that perverted stuff.

[@raisingcablestothedarkspac4474]

so good and relaxing classic death metal

[@Threedog43]

I think the haunting melodies of finn death can certainly be said to have a relaxing or spacey quality to them.

[@matrixcmitech]

After a few songs the structures are predictable -- which is not a derogatory statement. These melodies are somewhat quasi-predictable and it creates a ~comforting, relaxing~ atmosphere of death metal sound tracks of the mind.

[@mysteriousDSF]

@@musiccompilations6176 dude. I work double shifts. I need some fucking death metal on my way home to relax me. I just need something hard hitting to ease my sore muscles. Good ass death metal will do it. Soft rock won't cut

[@evergreen9388]

@@musiccompilations6176 When u sit still and relax to it, it's far more enjoyable. It has a depressive, ambient feel to it.

[@mithsioarzola]

An absolute masterpiece and with guitar solos of terror and suspense you feel the fog in each of the notes of those tremendous slow solos, the guitar is a pure genius

[@NunoMoreiraX]

awesome death grooves 🤘

[@ivanarjona5009]

Art reminds me a bit to Demilich's Nespithe album

[@ccassidy3284]

Same artist.......funebre, galvanizer, , demigod, adramelech, zealotry........and a shitload of others. Turkka g Rantanen

[@mysteriousDSF]

and Adramelech "Spring of recovery" :)

[@AdrianGonzalez-vo1ee]

All haik Turkka! Very nice guy!

[@exxie1]

Yeah, Turkka made them. And he's still making his art to this day

[@daisymartinez7725]

This is beautiful 😭

[@justinpeikert6322]

Definitely my favorite Finnish death metal album and one of my favorites overall. There is something about the atmosphere of Finnish death metal that other countries don't have or don't do as well at least, can't quite put my finger on it, but it's perfect.

[@ManoSaarinenCarmanen81]

As a Finnish myself, i agree Finnish death metal is so fucking gloomy and dark compared to most countries! It's probably the coldness of our winter that can be heard in the sound :)

[@roflswamp6]

@@ManoSaarinenCarmanen81 as a mexican i think Finland is something special and would love to visit they have amazing metal knives and history i cant contain my joy when thinking about it

[@georgesaris9968]

@@ManoSaarinenCarmanen81 You are right, here I can hear the same cold and dark sound that is characteristic of old Finnish death metal such as Cartilage, Demigod, etc., cult bands. \m/

[@ianswift3521]

@@roflswamp6 just go up a mountain into the snowy parts and start drinking. you're in finland.

[@leviantonio7129]

It is cold and dark ❄️

[@noone-fj9sn]

One of the best of this scene. A true lost classic

[@scotthoganquincyil8363]

Killer real old school death metal. I'm hooked.!!!🤘🤘

[@roflswamp6]

Only Finland cam produce such cold and dark sounds i simp for Finland so hard

[@jasonwildey8265]

I would totally suck Finland's huge icy balls! 😍

[@salvatoreemulo5178]

Old school forever 🤘

[@smalltownwhitetrash9983]

This one is achived at my private collection (original) - I growned up at the DM years - THANKS TO THE GODS ABOUT IT!!!

[@nicholasgaetano4226]

wow. this is insane . old school forever ..

[@chrisgoatlord7180]

True Old School death Metal !!!

[@scotthoganquincyil8363]

pure death metal classic.

[@SUBTORR]

Never heard this before, but this is really good.

[@finnishdeathmetalmaniacs650]

Depravity...... finally live soon. (we can definitely also sence the Demigod-comparation).

[@Sabaoth23]

Some awesome atmospheric solos here. Not your typical death metal atonal wanking on highest speed possible.

[@flagovhate]

Yea i agree

[@janparadowski4894]

Some of the best solos in death metal

[@josedias1387]

Very good 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@blakeprocter5818]

It's a very interesting production on this album. The guitars just sound really icy, really cold. I don't know why, but that's the vibe I've always gotten from it. Unleashed's third record Across the Open Sea has a similar production. It makes for some really unique sounding death metal, and would have been a fine sound for frosty black metal. Edit: And now I think about it, Mordicus' Dances from Left record has a similar production as well. Can anyone recommend any other records that sound like the three I've mentioned here?

[@rafasc666666666]

esculta ai necros christos - grave damnation... ... ...

[@sockz09]

Demilich has the same guitar tone

[@xiii33]

Darkthrone's Soulside Journey is ice cold death metal

[@georgesaris9968]

This is how Finnish death metal sounded in the early 90's, as well as some of the more underground Swedish death metal of the time. Definitely among my favourite sounds from that era. I too recommended Darkthrone's Soulside Journey, check out also early Therion, Cartilage, Gorement, Goddefied, maybe not quite same production, but similar cold dark atmosphere. 🤘

[@dukenukem8598]

Some of the riffs sound rather black metal too

[@riffaudnono1149]

Excellent 🎼🇫🇷🎼🤘

[@ricardoopazo5877]

Amazing EP

[@HaibaneRakka571]

This is some pretty good white noise

[@jacques9515]

I don't get it

[@EvilMFNamedRalph]

Hahahahahaa thats funny

[@luukeksifrozenhillbillyeur3407]

@@jacques9515 reference to Goniloc's video "Finnish Death Metal - A Goosey Guide"

[@knightk3529]

Finland Death Metal classic

[@Riviner]

Ageless material, with just the right duration. Gently oozing similarly as Demigod.

[@frankiesaenz7265]

such beautiful gloominess throughout this little album

[@jjammmees]

classic album, thanks for the upload

[@bluewinter6660]

Needs an urgent Rerelease on vinyl!

[@lucas_rocker]

powerful death metal from finland \m/

[@arvaakuka8568]

Notice the influence from Norwegian black metal bands - this was in 1993, at a time when Mayhem hadn't even released full length albums

[@PierreGaillon]

great exciting band !

[@diegoq8417]

Amazing 👌🏻 Reminds me Entombed.

[@BlixTheGoblin]

Death metal but played in a way as to evoke feelings of black metal. Top 5 album for me in terms of palpable atmosphere. Instantly transports you to a graveyard at the edge of time

[@GregsWhiskyGuide]

Stunning stuff, thanks for the upload !

[@letsfuckingdie]

The guitar solo on the track Silence of the Centuries got a heavy dismember touch. I like!!!

[@ЕвгенийГавриловский]

Don't know about Demilich but to me this release sounds more like Necrophobic - you know, a good mix of death metal and black metal a-la Dark Funeral or something like typical Swedish black metal being released before such stuff from Sweden became popular.

[@jimkarapantsios9655]

Well yeah, i think necrophobic have a bit more black (and some prog-ish) influences than them. Both great

[@ian.swift.31614]

I think the mention of necrophobic is especially evident in track 2. the bassists Sigillum Diaboli demos also was a sort of very black death metal but less melodic than depravity.

[@johnskiecalisanga5994]

A Cavernous of Old-School Death Metal Masterpiece must be listened to a superb artwork album cover in blue such a painful artwork also a great Finland Death-Metal not as heavy as Demigod or Demilich but still kickass Death/Metal a true classic😈👿.

[@rodrigoesquivell1407]

Perfection..........

[@mortemagazinemexicoartlite7261]

Brutalidad

[@reignofterrorzion3211]

Sounds like Old Entombed a little! Vocals mix in great with The Change Up,s! Good EP!

[@thehellovriotdrak7199]

Finnish D.M. Masterwork!!!HAIL!!!

Lovely nigthmare today , just keep spinning my mind , thru your eyes Without being able to sweat, the horrible caresses Or too could for you, Maybe Is the open Windows of your mind, and o can see whats inside , Dont tray to hide , im just a jajjaa, o just hear you Shade

[@SchnellVITALVINYLVLOG]

Vinyl Reissue in July

[@LaylaLover90]

Grabbed mine!

[@ian.swift.31614]

i never tell anyone about anything until after i already buy my copies. fuck other people. why help them out liek that

[@mysteriousDSF]

literally a mix between Purtenance and Demigod

[@iwantoutnow]

Gold

[@BATHORY1979]

Fuckin' Killa Old School! \\m/

[@janparadowski4894]

Very much akin to Slumber indeed, similar riffage, composition and mood

[@dkskxnjdkskdj9904]

I cut my hands off, ITS SOOOOOO GREAT!!!!!!!!

[@Urmie2]

Even better than Demigod and that are major words

[@alpinoterran]

yo take it easy

[@Urmie2]

no

[@sebascardona7429]

Chi

[@Urmie2]

@@Cydra9 better than demigod by far

[@Cydra9]

Ok u was right

[@gg.slaughter]

💕

[@SkullCrushingVideos]

Currently listening to: Depravity - Silence of the Centuries

[@putridabomination]

No shit Sherlock what'd yah think yer listening to? My Chemical Bromance?

[@jimmya379]

This is fkn awesome !!!

[@marlonche7254]

Great record!!!!!! Is there any lyrics to it?

[@forever_underground]

Im in love

[@jonmoss5176]

now this is baadassss if I may I will use this atmashpere without the beautiful solos etc...

[@donaldhastyjr4066]

Fucking AWESOME

[@piotrb8434]

Killer stuff. Hailz!

[@alexsokolov6475]

В Новосибирске тоже оценили Охуительно

[@anthonyperkins5856]

this is good

[@gabrielextremo5879]

exelente!!!

[@GeneWillowMusic]

What is that black thing on the right side of the top of the roof of that stone entrance?

[@noone-fj9sn]

I just noticed that after years of listening to this album. There are 2 versions of this artwork so I'll have to look more closely now. Always loved this artist he did so much of the Finnish OSDM stuff

[@spironikitaielivitch2846]

Satan..

[@asafoetidajones8181]

To my d&d obsessed eyes, a cloaked figure with sword, looking down like fuck how am I supposed to get through this valley full of weird blue undead guys

[@MardukRosy]

The same tipe with dark throne soulside journey

[@janparadowski4894]

Yea, very close to that cold, frosty, almost spacey atmosphere

[@doomguy8519]

Cover is similar to Demilich's Nespithe.

[@rijubentonn2222]

Doomguy just because there are some bald guys in that album cover too, you're blind as a bat

[@doomguy8519]

@@rijubentonn2222 XD

[@doomguy8519]

@@rijubentonn2222 Well, both are similar in something.

[@evan8894]

Riju Bentonn it’s literally the same artist nitwit

[@joecraig8147]

A true destroyer! 6..6..6

[@user-alexrotten]

Good record. Unfortunly band wasn't famous enougth

[@reinhardhartung7084]

Stark von Demilich beeinflusst, echt super. 666

[@dingdang3845]

🤟🏻❤️

[@gustavozamora622]

Puro poder

[@flammaferus2998]

5/5⚒⚒⚒⚒⚒

[@BlackMetalRebellion]

Finnish Death Metal... Nice...

[@xX_qvikskoperz_Xx]

they are like Chewbacca trying to talk human

[@alexsandrogoncalves3436]

Muito bom

[@Dasblutdespogromstrinken]

UNO DEI MIGLIORI PORCODIO

[@painkiller7769]

sound a bit like black metal 1:41

[@user-xu1ru1nu3y]

Just a breakdown mate nothing black metal about it

[@painkiller7769]

​@@user-xu1ru1nu3y Im talking about the chord progression and how the chords are played

[@user-xu1ru1nu3y]

@painkiller7769 you could say that but it's missing tremlo that comes with blacl metal,

[@painkiller7769]

@@user-xu1ru1nu3y idk man that's the guitar tone and how they play, black metal isn't only about tremolo picking

[@adriankillersaurus9990]

Now only if japorican blawaiian babes would do this ass out 😂

[@rokketmaster5427]

Deaf metal