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Finnish folk black metal act Kouta comes back with a debut full-length, Kaarnaköydet, one year after the success of the debut EP Aarnihauta. While Kaarnaköydet will get out on 21 April, the first album's track, "Häpeä", is already out and awaits you in the player below.
Seven new songs weave a dark and intricate web of sounds - as familiar as refreshing. Folk elements have permeated the new sound much more deeply, while the production has become more clear, more powerful and straight. At the heart of Kaarnaköydet lies a gripping narrative centred around the tragic story of two brothers. Through its music, Kouta explores the complex and often tumultuous emotions of shame, guilt, and catharsis, inviting the listener to join them on a powerful and emotional journey of aesthetically peripheral discovery.
The new single, "Häpeä", deepens the three-part story that serves as the backbone of the album. The song was chosen as the first single and the opening track for the band's gigs due to its unforgiving and unconventional nature. It deepens the story of fratricide by exploring the state of mind of someone who has just killed a loved one.
"I wanted the song to reflect this brutality and emotion, so musically 'Häpeä' is grim and cold", summarizes Eemeli Haarala.
The drum parts of Kaarnaköydet were recorded in a remote cabin in Lapland, guitars and bass at Pekka Posio's studio in Helsinki, while vocals, choirs and all other instruments together with the live recording of "Äitimaan Laulu" at Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki. The album was mixed by Pekka Posio and mastered by Svante Forsbäck. Link
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