Raate - Demo I (2004)

Raw Finnish depressive black metal. Raate came out of the gates swinging, taking Burzum-worship to a new level in the process. You know how sometimes a company is unable -- due to budgetary constraints or the band refusing -- to secure the rights to a song that they want to use for a commercial, so instead of doing the ethical thing and finding another song, they just hire some hack to make a song that sounds exactly like it? (Take, for example, this Volkswagen commercial that directly, undeniably rips off this Beach House song, which Volkswagen had unsuccessfully tried to buy the rights to use.) Minus the commercial aspect, that's essentially what the beginning of Demo I does to the opening track of Hvis Lyset Tar Oss. I swear it's the same song, just with some notes jumbled around. The rest of the demo continues in similarly Burzum-y fashion, but way less on-the-nose.

Track listing:
1. Enne
2. Rauniotorni
3. Halki Kuolleen Maan
4. Kaskeajan Laulu
5. Aamu Koittaa
6. Hävitys
7. Tuhkaa

Goddamn orc won't stop crying

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