Yeti – The Pact

 

 

Yeti – The Pact
Self released – 2020
Rock, Hard, Doom, Psych, Proto, Occult, Metal
Rated: ***

I don’t know that much Finnish. Of course the most important ones I know might be Hilla, Tiistai, Kippis and Hiero Anka. But don’t worry, Yeti, the four-piece from Kemi, Finland sings in English and I just wanted to show off my wonderful grasp of the Finnish language. Formed in 2009 they released their first demo around 2013 and first official album The Ritual in 2015. We mentioned that highly diverse album back in December of that year and must conclude that it’s still a damn good release six years later. And the record entitled The Pact adds seven wild tracks to that earlier release. Turning more towards Doom and dipping heavier into the occult sound, the seven tracks move away from the folk touches of their earlier release. It’s still there, but in a lesser degree and mostly thanks to the slightly ethereal vocals of Kaisa Kari and tracks like 706. There is a small issue with the mix, we miss a bit of depth and fatness to the lower regions and this unfortunately makes the drums come across less intense on a few tracks. But if you turn the bass levels way up on your equalizer it will fix that. There also seems to be a bit of a weird cut-off at the end of third track Braveheart; it might be intentional, but then it will be even weirder. But even so, it’s still a damn good record! And yes, The Pact could have been a wild superlative metal opera…

(Written by JK)

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Yeti – Ritual

Yeti – Ritual

Self released – 2015

Rock, Hard, Stoner, Doom, Psych, Metal, Occult

Rated: *****

They hail from the cold northern wastes of Finland, just like a famed snow beast they named themselves after. But this incarnation of Yeti produces surprisingly warm sounding psychedelic rock, proto metal and occult stoner. The quartet was founded around 2009 and the album released at the end of this summer called Ritual is their debut effort. And what a great way to introduce your music to the world. Thanks to a definite eclectic bunch of tracks this album keeps you on the edge of your seat. Their confident love for the old ways has you enjoying their proto offerings, their doom trek and mystic rock which all have this folky edge to it. Thanks in huge part to the fine female vocals of Kaisa Kari, but also because of their guitar colorings in tracks like She for instance. The most impressive part is probably that you enjoy every one of those highly diverse tracks and immediately accept the variation as logical given. Where other bands stick to their guns on every track, these Finnish freaks try different avenues every song over. And not one of them sounds like a wrong corner to take. So, right before we start the Stoner HiVe top 20 countdown of 2015, only a few hours left to get your votes in, we have found another album that definitely makes the grade! Yeti, frighteningly good!

(Written by JK)

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