Release Date May 8th, 2026
Format LP/CD/MC/Digital
Genre Metalcore
Country Finland
Finland's Harms formed in Lappeenranta back in 2017, bringing together five guys to hammer out some seriously grim metal. Their debut album "A Lifetime Spent On Dying" dropped in 2021 and gained serious praise for its descent into grief and despair. Now they return on Time To Kill Records to drop their second full-length album, "Rebirth Of The Cold". It takes the absolute misery and freezing darkness of their northern roots and multiplies it, dragging the listener straight down into total ruin.
The guitars from Jussi Loiri and Visa Tuovinen build massive, freezing walls of sound. The riffs strike with a frigid aggression and transition into weird, haunting melodies. Jussi Tyrisevä delivers vocals that just bleed emptiness and decay. It is pure misery channeled through the microphone. The extreme aggression meshes with freezing melodies in a way that obliterates any hope in the room.
Bassist Juho Haikonen and drummer Viljami Rings anchor the whole thing down in pure cement. The drums dictate a massive, stomping march toward the grave. The bass locks in and rumbles through the chest. They expand their sound by pushing the extremes of the music, making the heavy parts absolutely massive and the melodic parts completely bleak. This rhythm section drives the entire doomed machine forward, crushing everything in its path.
"Rebirth Of The Cold" dwells entirely on meaninglessness and mortality. The music expands their horizons by magnifying the extremes. The beautiful melodies cut deep, and the heavy sections completely flatten the listener. It is a massive meditation on absolute grief and what remains when the world just decays into nothingness. They stripped away all illusions and comfort, leaving behind pure, unyielding winter.
Harms deliver a completely freezing, heavy, and miserable trip into the void. The production from Vesa Sinkko at Sammonniemi and the massive mastering job by Miro Kiiski give the music a gigantic, overwhelming presence. Cellos recorded at Lammaskallion Audio add an extra layer of sorrow to the ruin. The final result is a bleak and devastating metalcore release for anyone who wants to stare into the abyss.
Score: 7.5
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