“Unholy are arguably the most original, avant-garde, definitive, and important Finnish extreme metal band. The paths they have walked have always been lonely and unknown, entering to the deepest celestial forests and psychic graveyards, and the treasures found there dark and exquisite. This compilation consists of their three legendary demos, of which Trip to Depressive Autumn is the best recording ever done in Finland, of any genre or style”.
- Albert Witchfinder, Reverend Bizarre

Svart Records is set to release the compilation album “Demology” by Finnish avant-garde death doom metal band Unholy. Including their early demo recordings "The Procession of Black Doom" (1990), "Demo 11.90" (1990) and "Trip to Depressive Autumn" (1992), this is the first time these demos are in the same package with exclusive liner notes.

Unholy emerged from the eastern Finnish town of Imatra in the late '80s. After changing their name from Armageddon to Holy Hell and eventually to Unholy, their mission was simple; to create harder, heavier, and slower music than their idols Black Sabbath and Celtic Frost. The lyrical themes and ideas for the songs came from Satanism, mysticism, anti-Christianity, mushroom trips, and shamanism among others. Finnish deep ecologist Pentti Linkola also inspired the band and their music. Some of the songs came up naturally by jamming riffs and others entirely by improvisation.

While the first two demos already made Unholy a force to be reckoned with, the release of “Trip to Depressive Autumn” caught the attention of the underground metal scene and various labels. The band was hungry for a recording contract, and it finally came into realization when Lethal Records released their debut album “From the Shadows” in 1993.

PROCESSION OF BLACK DOOM (Spring 1990)



A1. PROCESSION OF BLACK DOOM

A2. APOCALYPTIC TERROR

A3. COLOSSAL VISIONS

B1. TIME HAS GONE

B2. DEATH WILL RULE



DEMO 11.90 (November 1990)



B3. ALONE

B4. INSTRUMENTAL

C1. FROM THE SHADOWS

C2. COLOSSAL VISIONS

C3. HYMN TO BELIAL

C4. CIRCLE OF THE TYRANTS



TRIP TO DEPRESSIVE AUTUMN (January 1992)



D1. STENCH OF ISHTAR

D2. AUTUMN

D3. CREATIVE LUNACY

D4. THE TRIP WAS INFRA GREEN