VESPERITH

Vesperith SVART

Blackened cosmic meditations from the Finnish wastes

SARIINA TANI IS Vesperith, a solo experimental project exploring the depths of Finnish melancholy amidst soundscapes of cosmic nothingness and gusts of infrequent, but vehement black metal. Written initially only with synthesisers, Tani found herself struggling any time she tried to impose structure, finally finding creative inspiration in the experimental formlessness that holds sway for much of her self-titled debut. The choice of Oranssi Pazuzu mainman Jun-His as co-producer is therefore a wise one; he’s no stranger to the creation of dark, meandering music that manages to retain your attention, being part of a cabal of Finnish experimentalists that includes Dark Buddha Rising and the Waste Of Space Orchestra.

Together they embark on an astral journey that is slow to get started on , a’s emphatic BM, ethereality replaced with feral directness amidst a chorus of cosmic sirens. is disconcerting – Tani’s distorted, inhuman screams are a hollow wind blowing through chimes, leading to the shimmering labyrinth of mirrors that is , where, waiting at the centre, are total instrumental meltdown and hexed vocals. drifts in nothingness, skittering fills and insistent double bass echoing in a void-well of ethereal vocals and synth. At the mid-point it explodes, black metal returning to the fore as Tani metamorphosises once more.