Artist: Oranssi Pazuzu
Title: Muuntautuja
Label: Nuclear Blast
Cat #: NB5648-9
Release Date: 
Duration: Album 
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Jewel Case

Muuntautuja is the sixth full-length studio album from the Finnish psychedelic black metal band Oranssi Pazuzu. Oranssi Pazuzu is Finnish for "Orange Pazuzu". Pazuzu is a Babylonian demon, and also (as such) a character in the film The Exorcist.

Uncovering the intensity and the metal inherent in non-metal, the avant-garde and anti-traditionalist inclinations of Finland’s ORANSSI PAZUZU have always had transcendental goals at heart.

As “Oranssi”, meaning “orange” in their native Finnish language, is the colour of cosmic energy and “Pazuzu” is the ancient Mesopotamian demon of the wind, their swirling kaleidoscope of psychedelia has blown through the underground to redefine boundaries ever since their inception in 2007.

A boa constrictor of slithering, warping, interdimensional cosmic horror, Muuntautuja is in a world of its own, seeping through the speakers like irradiated sand. Ever transmuting, unsettling chords that raise the hairs on the back of your head and then pummel it with nauseating rhythms that both transport and destroy you. Drawing inspiration from eclectic sources ranging from Death Grips to Portishead, Nine Inch Nails (Downward Spiral era), Beherit and My Bloody Valentine, Oranssi Pazuzu are a feast for those who dig deep, heavy and strange.

With inhuman and biological sound, Muuntautuja is electronically charged, both organic and inorganic in origin. Muuntautuja transcends genres, embodying a transcendent experience that slimes listeners in its nightmare of space and metamorphosis. Jun-His (vocals & guitars) muses, "For us, this album is like a sculpture made of black electric ooze."

"Oranssi Pazuzu's Muuntautuja is the weirdest and most wonderful black metal record you'll hear this year" – METAL HAMMER UK

Recommended if you like: Hail Spirit Noir, Blut As Nord, Nachtmystium, Thy Catafalque, Sigh, Dødheimsgard

Track Listing:
1 Bioalkemisti
2 Muuntautuja
3 Voitelu
4 Hautatuuli
5 Valotus (Extended Version)
6 Ikikäärme
7 Vierivä Usva