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An odd band, this Finnish quartet. Nespithe features impossibly obtuse song titles ("When The Sun Drank The Weight Of Water", "Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep", to name two -- and several other titles are much longer), very low-pitched gurgled death vocals, and and a constantly changing array of riffs. Though their overall sound has traditional death metal roots, their complex arrangements and musicianship definitely make them stand out from the crowd. At times this uniqueness is quite effective, while at other times the riffs and songs tend to blur, leaving one with the feeling that perhaps a few more standard song structures would tighten up the overall effect. Nespithe was first released on No Fashion Records, then re-released on Necropolis, Pavement, and Repulse. The Repulse version also contains four tracks from their 4 Instructive Tales demo which shows a rougher side of the band. The band broke up for unknown reasons in 1994.

Current Members Antti Boman guitars/vocals (Deathchain) Aki Hytönen guitars Corpse bass (De Lirium's Order) Mikko Virnes drums

Former Members/Guests Ville Koistenen bass

Discography

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Nespithe 
1993 Repulse

When the sun drank the weight of water The sixteenth six-tooth son of fourteen four regional dimensions Inherited rowel levitation - reduced without any effort The echo (replacement) The putrefying road in the nineteenth extremity (...somewhere inside the bowels of endlessness...) (within)The chamber of whispering eyes And you`ll remain...(in pieces of nothingness) Erecshyrinol The planet that once used to absorb flesh in order to achieve divinity and immortality (suffocated to the flesh that it desired...) The cry Raped embalmed beauty sleep

Antti Boman Aki Hytönen Ville Koistenen Corpse Mikko Virnes

Reviews:   Lords Of Metal  Metal Observer