Babylon Whores
Necropolis Records
Active in their native Finland since 1994,
Helsinki's Babylon Whores are finally
gaining some international attention for their
caustic but remarkably melodic metal-inflected
rock. They have been signed to metal labels
and have a metal attitude, but they're not a
metal band in the strictest sense -- they have
too healthy a sense of melody, even with the
crunching guitars and punishing drums. They
often recall the sinister black anthems of early
Bauhaus and the
swirling gothic sludge of the early Swans. No matter how
forceful or violent the band's attack becomes,
there's invariably something catchy -- perhaps
anthemic is a better word -- about those
buzzing heavy bass riffs and the belted
melodies, delivered with the dangerous swagger
of a cabaret singer in Hades. The images of the
occult inform the band's acute lyrical
sensibilities, which are a bit reminiscent of the
early The Misfits only less
cartoonish and more intelligent, returning again
and again to the ways in which mankind wreaks
havoc on himself and his earth.
Babylon Whores recorded four albums
before their breakthrough, 1999's No
Fear on California-based Necropolis
Records, which helped deliver their bitter,
vitriolic death rock to the world outside of
Finland. That brutal epic features "Radio,
Werewolf" and "Sol Niger."
Jesse Ashlock
last updated:
08/22/01
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