LANTERN (Finland) - Dimensions (used LP copy) (2020) Released by Dark Descent Records on Traditional Black vinyl - includes small 7''x7'' booklet w/lyrics.
Finnish Blackened Death dealers LANTERN, returned in 2020 with their 3rd full-length LP, ‘Dimensions’. Toning down the excessive reverb on the guitars and drums, this release gives the riffs a chance to shine without distraction. Which is just as well because LANTERN don’t hold back on the more technical elements of their style here. 
A confusing array of riffs that feel like chunks of different songs accidentally boarding a bus together greet the listener from the moment of hitting play, but this is a typical trick of LANTERN’s at this point, as within each track and over the album they tend to make more sense as our context grows and the music builds into coherence.
Odd key changes, dissonance, an entirely atypical relationship between lead and rhythm instruments all folds together as this album grows and offshoots sprout. Drums revel in this confusion, refusing to provide a stable rhythmic bass. 
The music is a journey not a meditation. ‘Dimensions’ forges new creative spaces for the band, a demonstration of artistic incrementalism over a leap into the unknown. **originally published on metal-archives.com by we hope you die**  --  Dark Descent Records – DDR241LP