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What the Five Fingers said to the Face - Endless - Reviewed By metal-digest ! Check it out here at this link: https://metal-digest.com/2023/02/27/what-the-five-fingers-said-to-the-face-endless/

This band name is incredibly stupid, but the music is outstanding. It’s not just that the band’s name is cheeky. It’s too cumbersome to say. Metal is no stranger to band names with this problem, looking at you Sanguisugabogg, but if I were to try and tell a friend about this band, it’s too cumbersome. With that complaint out of the way, let’s talk about how good this music is.

‘Endless’ is an especially heavy album but it’s also haunting. There’s a constant eerie vibe even during the ferocious parts. There’s also a lot of variety to be had here. The band really flexes their range on the record, but it’s all held together cohesively by the sludge elements. A good example is the song ‘Threshold’ which seamlessly moves from a spoken ritualistic vocal to a false cord demon scream, right into clean singing and chanting. ‘Weep’ is like being inside a horror movie. The speaker says “Look behind you, I’ll find you” and it sounds like it’s actually coming from behind you. There is so much to praise about the production of ‘Endless’.

This album is excellent and a strong recommend. If you have the patience to type “What the Five Fingers Said to the Face” into your favorite streaming service then give it a test spin. Don’t bother googling it though, since you’ll just be given Dave Chappelle skits as the results. This album deserves a lot of attention. I would advise the band to change their name while they’re still relatively unknown. Seriously, this band name sucks. But the band doesn’t. Get this album. metal-digest

Release Date: February, 23rd, 2023

FFO: Tool, Opeth, Ulver, Meshuggah

Location: Oslo, Norway

Short Bio: What the Five Fingers said to the Face is a Oslo - based band from Norway, its members consisting of Audun Muller on drums, Benjamin Hagaas on bass and Stein Himsett on guitars and vocals. They started What the Five Fingers said to the Face in 2011 to create music/art as a form of expression, but also as spiritual practice and a tool for self fulfillment. After a while they found, to their astonishment, that their music could be used to contact other levels of reality and the beings that inhabit them, as well as give them voice. They used this ability to its full extent in the recording of “Endless” both as a transformative art piece for ourselves, but also (as the record clearly shows)”Something” came through. It created sounds that are seemingly there and not there at the same time. Something is speaking through these songs. This being said, the music is undoubtedly affected by recent losses of loves ones, the trauma of the Covid 19 pandemic, their own need to heal from these events and become the artists they need to be. For those with the eyes to see and ears to hear it, the album can also serve as manual for how to do this in one’s own life. Investigations into the nature of reality, our own connections to said reality, consciousness and a seemingly “Other” world from ours through a combination of music and ritual.

They have played at Oslo Beikmørke (Château Neuf) , at Svart Oktober Fest with bands such as Solstorm and Sagor Som Leder Mot Slutet , shared stages with Primitive Man, Grinding Fortune, Sharma and a number of other bands and venues.

Their most recent album, “Endless “, is our fourth release and second full album.

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