Devastating Light is a DIY post metal/doom/sludge band from Tampere, Finland. Everything is
played, recorded, mixed and mastered by Teemu Toikka, who is a seasoned veteran of the ug
punk -scene in Finland. Devastating Light has stories to tell and the stories are all about the pain
of existence in our modern time, mental health issues and the effect that has on a person and
people around them.
”I have already failed you” is a theme album about a man suffering from depression and becoming a
father while the world is ending around him. It explores feelings of not being or doing enough and
the fear of somehow passing on the disease to the child. Is it even right to bring a child into this
world that is slowly ending?
The music is heavy in every way possible, sonically, expressively and thematically. The crushing
guitars, slow beats and the distant screams create a bleak voyage to the deepest parts of the
mind where you can find no escape from the pain and despair. This is the world we have to live in
and it is not a pretty place. This is how I feel and there is not much I can do about it.
This projects birth felt like an absolute necessity. The name Devastating Light describes how your
depression seems to get worse at certain times of the year. In the fall when it get darker and the is
almost no sunlight during the day it makes sense that you get more depressed. But during the
spring the days get a lot lighter and somehow that seem to make the depression even worse. So
when does it get better then? One of the songs states: ”the dark consumes me, the light destroys
me”.
Musical influences include Neurosis, Old Man Gloom, Amenra, Cult of Luna, Envy and Swans.
pre-order album at: https://planetkrecords.bandcamp.com/album/devastating-light-i-have-already-failed-you
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