Ajattara - Äpäre

Pasi Koskinen started doing this black metal side project while he was in Amorphis and Ajattara released Itse in 2001. Of course, he's now quit Amorphis, but still has many bands, including Ajattara. I liked Pasi's voice in Amorphis, but I didn't know he was capable of the evil voice he puts forth in Ajattara. Ajattara is like a black metal version of Amorphis. Its evil and fast, but has that Finnish folk-influece that so many Finnish bands do, but not quite in this manner.

This album, like most of their albums, is short, barely breaking the 30 minute mark. This is probably for the better, because there is not a large variety of songs on the album, and anything longer would get boring quickly. In fact, there's not much variety in any of their albums... They all pretty much have the same exact sound. So if you have any other Ajattara albums, this will certainly not surprise.

7/10 Good Finnish black metal, though it sounds exactly like their other albums.