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Umbra Nihil is an obscure doomish metal act, originally from Northern Finland. Since 2000 the band has evolved into the being that produced the latest full length offering titled The Borderland Rituals (2008). The Borderland Rituals, Umbra Nihil’s second full length release, seems like a musical mongrel mostly drawing influences from slow doom flavoured metal, 70’s prog rock, Zeuhl, and maggot-infested Heavy Metal in general. In order to achieve a suitable claustrophobic sound and eerie, forbidding atmosphere the album was recorded in the inbred borderland, sullenly crafting the band’s sound into a more organic and gelatinous direction.

In epileptic fits of pathetic rage the album betimes raises a trembling and arthritic pale fist at the uncaring cosmos-at-large and its malevolent nightside entities, which haunt hapless Mankind with unfathomable purpose - or lack thereof. Mostly, however, the aural ambience resolves in resigned rudderless levitation towards inevitable mental and physical disintegration.

Other recent releases:
“Rising Of Yog-Sothoth: Tribute To Thergothon” (2009) - Umbra Nihil provided one cystic and maimed song for the compilation.
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  • Poisonsoul

    Gnoia is a fucking masterpiece! [2]

    August 2011
  • Doomintroll

    There's a bunch of things going on around UN, still top secret unfortunately. Meanwhile check out the Fecesbook page if you won't: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Umbra-Nihil/52245097444

    September 2010
  • beer_snob

    Great band \m/

    September 2010
  • holyrebels

    The raw mix of "Welcome to the Borderland" is a low better than the finished product. I was disappointed in The Borderland Rituals, but I still listen from time to time.

    August 2010
  • Lone__Wolf

    good shit fucking awesome stuff there brilliant where's my ganja

    May 2010
  • Twickxs

    Gnoia is a fucking masterpiece!

    January 2010
  • fateswar19

    Just got into their stuff but listening to the new material i must say this is Awesome psych/doom and totally spaced out,definetly will check out more!

    November 2009
  • Doomintroll

    Literally translated UN means "shadow nothing", however it isn't meant to be literally translated...

    July 2009
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Yogsothery out..

15 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/umbranihil

Yogsothery - Gate 1: Chaosmogonic Rituals of Fear out now.Features 1 track from Umbra Nihil. The track is an audial foreplay dating back to 2006 that eventually led to the full length …

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