Lost 1996 Scum Album To See Release Via Blood Music

Blood Music is extremely proud to present to its roster a one-of-a-kind release by the forgotten classic Finnish death metal outfit Scum.

Hailing from Parikkala (eastern Finland), this obscure five-piece formed in 1990 – at the onset of Finnish death metal, and quickly landed a spot on Quorthon (Bathory)'s Black Mark Production label.

Scum debuted with two back-to-back albums in the mid-90s. The first was a solid straight-up doom/death metal effort titled “Mother Nature” (1994). The second release took the music in a decidedly more psychedelic manner, and was unleashed as “Purple Dreams & Magic Poems” (1995).

Being overshadowed by renowned Swedish death metal outfits on the same label (Edge of Sanity / Necrophobic) and interesting bands at home (Amorphis / Demigod), Scum unfortunately failed to reach its intended audience at the time. In 1996, Scum recorded final album, titled “Garden of Shadows.” After sending in to Quorthon to release, Scum never heard from the label again. The band broke up soon after, and the album was cast aside, in a drawer, never to be heard.

After nearly three years(!) of negotiations, the band was finally encouraged to send the original master of the album to Blood Music. This is a first time publication of a classic death metal album that has never been heard before!

Scum included the original artwork (in physical form), as well as original photos from the era. These assets have been used to authentically recreate the entire package as it was originally intended and envisioned. Since the album was completed in 1996 and slated for release then, the label and band made the collective decision to release “Garden of Shadows” in 2016, on the 20th anniversary of never being heard.

Pre-orders are active now right here and the track listing is as follows:

1. I Am Messiah
2. Golden Seeds
3. Mountain of the Hawks
4. Rise Like Morning Star
5. On the Altar of the Mystic Centuries (Prologue)
6. Trilogian Tales
7. Black Swan
8. Garden of Shadows (Epilogue)