Terminus Episode 32 - Horna, Depths of Despair, Focal Dystonia, White Medal

On Episode 32 of Terminus, we’ve got another quintessentially Terminus lineup -- some true Finnish BM, some Russian DSBM, some stomping Yorkshire boot-black, aaaaand some technical brutal death metal. We lead off with an in-depth review of Horna’s massive new monument, Kuoleman Kirjo, their first record in 5 years and their most ambitious in 11. We place it in the context of Horna’s lengthy catalog, and try to capture what’s so new about the songwriting and album structure. Don’t worry, it still sounds like Horna! Next up, we check out the melancholy, stripped-down Slavblack of Depths of Despair, which The Death Metal Guy hears as a distillation of how black metal has changed over the last ten years. But are these the changes that The Black Metal Guy loves, or the changes The Black Metal Guy hates? The second half kicks off with a palm-muted 16th-note run, as we hit the next stop on TDMG’s guided tour of that most misunderstood of subgenres, brutal death. He floats an