This album is more like an abyss inviting you to jump into: You need to want it and you need the courage, not knowing which atrocities are waiting for you but waiting that this will be an intensive full body experience. And when you start sinking deep, there's no turning back. metal.de
The band carries these extensive songs along with the creativity of a progressive rock master. Some of the most striking exercises in melodic writing that could arguably ever be heard in black metal are showcased here. - Prog-sphere.com
Absolutely pick this one up, you won’t be disappointed. New Noise Magazine
Black metal anti-traditionalists ORANSSI PAZUZU enter European album charts with their new album "Mestarin kynsi" ("The Master's Claw")!
With their fifth LP, the band reached some of the hightest chart entries in their career in Germany (#55), their home country Finland (#5) and the United Kingdom (#14 Rock and #23 Indie).
The band states, "We want to thank everyone who has supported us! Hope that the album makes you experience new and psychic sensations in this time of solitary self exploration."
On their new album, the band subverts the idea of world domination to open a conceptual discourse on indoctrination and propaganda itself. Their psychological nightmare evolves a philosophical and earnest tone, where occult future meets troubled reality.
More on 'Mestarin kynsi':
The band on the themes of 'Mestarin kynsi' (OFFICIAL ALBUM TRAILER): https://youtu.be/wN4poZc4iGU
'Uusi teknokratia' (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/ScMbsZW3qn4
'Mestarin Kynsi' (ALBUM TEASER): https://youtu.be/2ymS3P9lcuY
Order 'Mestarin kynsi' in various formats here: https://nblast.de/OP-MestarinKynsi