HAMYS "Alkemia" CD

This is a very unique black metal album. Hämys take the punky Finnish style to its logical extreme and create something that really straddles the line between rock and black metal. The catchy punky riffs blend seamlessly with intense (although less distorted than usual) black metal melodicism. This is mixed in with clean atmospheric passages on tracks like "Alkemia" as well as clean chorus vocals on tracks like "Kun Minä Kuolen" (one of the catchier black metal tracks I've heard). In addition to these elements, there's also a classically Finnish folky style that comes out on tracks like "Unieni Takaa," "Kuilu," and brings to mind bands like Häive and Wyrd.