![]() From the absolutely stunning opener "Heroes To Us" to the captivating final ballad "Moon Of My Nights", Kalmah write some tracks which simply go untouched in terms of musical and songwriting genius, even against other more prominent Melodic Death acts. Here we are though, with Kalmah's third full length album Swampsong, which is in my eyes their crowning achievement, containing many of the songs which will define this bands entire career. It is this coupling of guitars and keyboards which make the atmosphere and overall feeling of the album so different from Insomnium. Their fellow Finnish brethren Insomnium wrote some of the finest Melodic Death Metal I've ever heard, but what Kalmah did was not only write excellent guitar-driven songs, they threw in a very competitive keyboardist to sometimes weave some fantastic melodies which the guitars aren't capable of making. Ok, so Kalmah isn't the only band from Finland who excels at the whole wintery-sounding Melodic Death. I think I had been into Melodic Death for about 2 or 3 years before I even heard of Kalmah, let alone knew how much I would enjoy their music 6 months later. Indeed, this band flew under the radar in my eyes for quite some time. No, it's not Insomnium, no it is not Children Of Bodom, it is the keyboard- driven riff machine that is known as Kalmah. Somewhere deep in the swamp-ridden land known only as Finland, we have perhaps one of the most underrated acts in the Melodic Death Metal scene today.
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