BETELZEUS “Sheddin The SKin” LP

*Castillo & Transparent Violet Vinyl 180 grams, in gatefold LP sleeve.

*Castillo & Transparent VioletVinyl handcrafted in 33 1/3 RPM

Review of “Doomed & Stoned”:
“Congolese Sterilization” (2019) by BETELZEUS comes from pissed off Finns! In true sludge style and fitting to form, the Lahti quartet presents six songs that sound like an air raid siren. The title track sounds like a news headline depicting the genocide of over five million people in the African Congo. Spreading from North Africa to South Africa, involving at least ten countries. A thousand people died per day from malnutrition and disease in 2003 at the end of the war. Some two million people were displaced from their homes. The Second Congo War was the bloodiest conflict in the world since World War II. Think about it for a moment. To this day, wars continue to plague Africa and its people. Think about how long the United States has been at war, and for what? Oil, minerals, drugs. Greed and corrupt ideology cloud the minds of men around the world and affect us all.

Joonas (vocals), Jirko (guitar), Toni (bass), and Efe (drums) are the urban whiners, the informants of our times. Very angry at local and global atrocities, as in “Earth Torn Up and The Sky Is Bleeding Black.” The final track on Congolese Sterilization, “All You Got(…And It’s All You Get)” is hypnotic and haunting, dissolving into fading reverb and feedback—a decrescendo of contempt and bitterness. I can say that after listening to the band’s debut, I am now a new Betelzeus fan!

Includes:
– Gatefold cover
– CD edition
– Band sticker