Finnish psychedelic black metal band, Oranssi Pazuzu, have announced that their sixth album, Muuntautuja (Shapeshifter in English), is set to be released on October 11th, via Nuclear Blast Records. They have now shared a second single from the record called “Valotus,” alongside an unsettling music video. Find it below and read more from the band.
Pre-order/pre-save Muuntautuja here:
https://oranssipazuzu.bfan.link/muuntautuja-album
Stream “Valotus” here:
https://oranssipazuzu.bfan.link/valotus
Guitarist Ikon reflects:
“Our experimentation with samplers and electronics made us step towards the weird concept of making nightmarish rave music. We tried to find common ground between danceable rhythms and oppressive waves of noise and distortion.”
A boa constrictor of slithering, warping, interdimensional cosmic horror, the band’s sixth full-length Muuntautuja is in a world of its own, seeping through the speakers like irradiated sand. Ever transmuting, unsettling chords that raise the hairs on the back of your head and then pummel it with nauseating rhythms that both transport and destroy you. Drawing inspiration from eclectic sources ranging from Death Grips to Portishead, Nine Inch Nails (Downward Spiral era), Beherit and My Bloody Valentine, Oranssi Pazuzu are a feast for those who dig deep, heavy and strange. With inhuman and biological sound, Muuntautuja is electronically charged, both organic and inorganic in origin.
Muuntautuja transcends genres, embodying a transcendent experience that slimes listeners in its nightmare of space and metamorphosis. Jun-His (vocals & guitars) muses, “For us, this album is like a sculpture made of black electric ooze.” Await the release of Muuntautuja, Oranssi Pazuzu’s fire in the sky, where reality bends and shapes shift with each and every haunting note, and you will be visited by higher beings, though not with your best intentions entirely at heart.
Muuntautuja tracklisting:
01 Bioalkemisti
02 Muuntautuja
03 Voitelu
04 Hautatuuli
05 Valotus (Extended Version)
06 Ikikäärme
07 Vierivä usva
Oranssi Pazuzu live:
Festivals 2024
November 9.-10. Amplifest (PT)
Nordic Descent Tour 2024
Solstafir | Oranssi Pazuzu
w/ Hamferð & Helga
November:
13 2024 – Groningen (NL) – De Oosterpoort
14 2024 – Nijmegen (NL) – Doornroosje
15 2024 – Maastricht (NL) – Muziekgieterij
16 2024 – Brussels (BE) – Botanique
17 2024 – Bielefeld (DE) – Forum Bielefeld
19 2024 – Lille (FR) – Le Splendid
20 2024 – Brighton (UK) – Concorde 2
21 2024 – Manchester (UK) – Club Academy
22 2024 – Dublin (IRL) – Opium
23 2024 – Glasgow (UK) – QMU / Queen Margaret Union
24 2024 – London (UK) – Electric Brixton
26 2024 – Paris (FR) – La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
27 2024 – Rennes (FR) – l’Antipode
28 2024 – Toulouse (FR) – Metronum
29 2024 – Pamplona (SP) – Sala Totem
30 2024 – Madrid (SP) – Sala Mon
December:
01 2024 – Barcelona (SP) – Razzmatazz 2
03 2024 – Milano (IT) – Alcatraz
04 2024 – Pratteln (CH) – Z7 Konzertfabrik
05 2024 – Munchen (DE) – Technikum
06 2024 – Vienna (AT) – Simm City
07 2024 – Warsaw (PL) – Proxima
08 2024 – Leipzig (DE) – Täubchental
09 2024 – Berlin (DE) – Metropol
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