Suotana - Ounas II

After two years of relentless touring and festival appearances, Finnish melodic death metal force Suotana returns with their most ambitious album to date: "Ounas II". As the epic sequel to 2023’s "Ounas I", this album elevates the band's signature frosty sound to new heights, delivering icy yet soaring melodic death anthems that will redefine the genre.

"Ounas II" is a testament to Suotana’s evolution, presenting epic, frostbitten melodic death hymns with black and power metal elements. Tracks like "Twilight Stream" and "Winter Visions" showcase their refined songwriting and icy, yet electrifying atmosphere. The album’s undisputed centerpiece, however, is "1473 Ounas", a 10-minute melodic death metal odyssey featuring a breathtaking guest performance by Cradle of Filth’s Zoe Marie Federoff-Šmerda. Her haunting vocal lines intertwine seamlessly with Suotana’s signature sound, making this track an instant classic. To conclude the Ounas saga, Suotana delivers a chilling rendition of the Children of Bodom classic "Hatebreeder", reimagined in their own style, cold and hard like the arctic nature.  

The stunning album artwork, once again crafted by Simo Räsänen, perfectly captures the northern majesty and raw intensity that defines Suotana. With "Ounas II", Suotana firms up their place among the elite of Nordic metal, delivering an album which pushes the boundaries of the standards for melodic death metal with black metal.