This collaborative Atmospheric Death and Funeral Doom Metal project is ready to embrace you with their debut opus until you see your last glimpse of daylight.
A collaborative Atmospheric Death and Funeral Doom Metal project formed in Cardiff, Wales in 2022 by guitarist John Courage, featuring musicians from the UK and Sweden, God Unknown are finally unleashing upon humanity their debut offering, beautifully titled Last Glimpse of Daylight. Produced by the band itself, engineered by John Courage and Daniel Tjernberg, mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound, and showcasing a darkly serene artwork by Manino Linic, the debut album by Daniel Tjernberg on vocals (with additional vocals by Camilla Tjernberg on the song “Stay with Me”), John Courage on the guitars, Adam West on bass and additional guitars, Michael Lang also on bass, Kostas Panagiotou on keyboards, and Tats McGee on drums will embrace you in absolute grief and melancholy, darkening the skies with the sheer power of funereal and grim Doom Metal.
The thunderous, low-tuned bass lines by Adam set the tone in the Stygian intro MMMMDXIV, before all hell breaks loose in Embraced by the Moonlight, with the deep, devilish vocals by Daniel walking hand in hand with the sluggish Doom Metal riffs by John and Adam. Then we face the massive, embracing title-track Last Glimpse of Daylight, as slow and hammering as its predecessor, where Tats pounds his drums with tons of hatred and darkness in his heart; and it’s Kostas who takes the lead with his church-like keys in the phantasmagorical interlude Passage, darkening the skies for the band to attack us with Fallow Land, led by another crushing performance by Tats on drums, offering Daniel exactly what he needs to vociferate like a demonic entity. It’s then time for Camilla to embellish the airwaves with her melodic vocals in Stay with Me, a lecture in passionate and somber Funeral Doom Metal by God Unknown, flowing into the obscure outro Frost on the Windowpane, again led by Adam and his doomed bass lines.
Inspired by the love of somber, funeral doom and atmospheric themes, God Unknown are ready to crush our minds and souls with the absolute heaviness and obscurity flowing from their excellent debut Last Glimpse of Daylight, and if you want to join such a promising band in gloom and darkness you can find them on Instagram, stream their music on any platform such as Spotify, and of course, above all that, purchase a copy of their striking debut from their own BandCamp or by clicking HERE. In other words, let the lugubrious and grim Doom Metal by God Unknown embrace you, until you see your last glimpse of daylight.
Best moments of the album:Embraced by the Moonlight and Stay with Me.
Worst moments of the album: None.
Released in 2026 TM Productions
Track listing 1. MMMMDXIV 1:11
2. Embraced by the Moonlight 2:46
3. Last Glimpse of Daylight 6:09
4. Passage (Interlude) 2:16
5. Fallow Land 6:36
6. Stay with Me 5:11
7. Frost on the Windowpane 2:51
Band members Daniel Tjernberg – vocals
Camilla Tjernberg – vocals on “Stay with Me”
John Courage – guitars
Adam West – bass, additional guitars
Michael Lang – bass
Kostas Panagiotou – keyboards
Tats McGee – drums
Just like what happens in old school Death Metal, our tribute to our metal lady of the month of August will go straight to the point, with no shenanigans nor anything like that, focusing on the music above anything else, and I’m sure you’re going to be impressed with her undeniable talent as a musician, as an illustrator, and also as a martial arts fighter. The Right Hand of Kali Ma, the Hindu goddess of time, creation, preservation, and destruction, she’s known as the guitarist for Peruvian Death Metal veterans Disinter, and she takes no prisoners in her quest for underground extreme music and arts. Her full name is Katiuzca Guerrero Medina, or simply Katiuzca Guerrero, but you’ll also find her under the monikers Sadistik Kali and Tsurr when she’s armed with her scorching guitar. Having said all that, get ready to be stunned and crushed like an insect here on The Headbanging Moose by a fierce and ruthless woman who lives and breathes Death Metal, proudly carrying the flag of Peruvian extreme music wherever she goes.
Born and raised in the Peruvian capital of Lima, our dauntless Katiuzca went to Colegio Nacional San Agustin 2085, and later studied Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Instituto de Educación Superior Ricardo Palma, both located in Lima, before starting her career in music and arts. In 2014 she began kicking some ass on the guitar and bass with Lima, Peru-based band Tunjum (which began in 2007 as an all-female project playing Pagan-themed Death Metal), under the moniker Tsurr (which might have been inspired by a sentient species, among the galaxy’s most dangerous predators, indigenous to the planet of T’surr, from Star Wars), having recorded with them a rehearsal promo/demo, the EP Sagrado Tiempo De Caos, and the demo Muerte Ancestral, all in 2014. You can find the EP available on some online underground retailers, and some videos online such as the song Demonios de la Tierra, but overall Tunjum are a very underground act and apart from their most recent release (already without Katiuzca in their lineup) you won’t find anything on BandCamp or on Spotify.
After her brief stint with Tunjum, our Peruvian metaller joined Lima, Peru-based Funeral Doom/Death Metal masters Lament Christ from 2017 to 2019, but the band didn’t release any new material while they had her on the guitars. Then after leaving Lament Christ she became the rhythm guitarist of Peruvian Death Metal band Necrofagore as Sadistik Kali, having recorded with the band the 2020 album Into the Gloom of the Buried Valley before departing from the band in 2021. As a matter of fact, she was also responsible for the cover art for the album recorded with Necrofagore, but let’s talk about that in more detail when we focus on her career as a Death Metal illustrator.
Finally, in 2022, Katiuzca became the second guitarist for Lima, Peru-based Death Metal institution Disinter also under the moniker Sadistik Kali, having recorded with the band their 2022 pulverizing opus Guerra Eterna, a 12-track concept album divided into three chapters, those being Chapter I: Caos, Guerra y Muerte (tracks 1-4), Chapter II: Ancestrales Cultos Heréticos (tracks 5-8), and Chapter III: Gloria Inmortal (tracks 9-12), featuring absolute Death Metal beasts such as the song Illiatupac. Currently formed of our ass-kicking Katiuzca on the guitars alongside founder and drummer Roberto Leonardi (Supplicium, Gore), former vocalist and current bassist Leonardo Navarrete (Black Angel, Eternal Exhumation, Rotten Evisceration, Ritual), and guitarist Jose Delion (Flagelum, Metal Crucifier, Konrac), Disinter craft austere music about anti-Christianity, gore, history, paganism, Peruvian nationalism and terror, and if you’re curious to know more about such important band of the Peruvian extreme music scene you can find them on Facebook and on Instagram, and buy or stream their ferocious music on BandCamp and on Spotify. In addition, there are a few interesting video on YouTube with Katiuzca slashing her stringed axe together with Disinter, including a summary of their concert at Total Thrash Attack 2023, the song I Have Come also at Total Thrash Attack 2023, a rehearsal of the song Aberrantes Ofrendas Al Ukupacha, another rehearsal for the song Señores De La Guerra Chimu, and the live videos for La Ultima Ofensiva and Aberrantes Ofrendas Al Ukupacha.
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Regarding her career as a Death Metal cover artist and graphic designer, Katiuzca owns her own business named Temple of Kalighat Arts, also located in Lima, Peru, labeling her own practice as “a world full of madness and death dedicated to the illustrations done by the Right Hand of Kali Ma.” You’ll find her artworks beautifully embracing the demonic music by bands the likes of Abatuar, Grave Desecration, Sepulchral Voices, Black Communion and Putrid, anog many others. For instance, you can feast your eyes on the cover arts for the 2017 album Perversiones de Muerte Putrefacta by Abatuar; the 2019 album Porkus Filth’s Crusher by Excruciate 666; the 2022 self-titled EP by Serpent Antique; and of course the 2022 album Guerra Eterna by her current band Disinter; just to name a few. In addition, you can also see her art on the front cover of underground webzines like the one for the Call from Beyond zine issue #2, published in 2018. Hence, don’t forget to keep an eye on the official Facebook and Instagram for Temple of Kalighat Arts for more of her sensational and devilish creations. If you think that’s a lot for just one person, let me tell you that she also works in the sales and distribution department of a Peruvian company named Thrashirts, a heavy music-oriented label specialized in booking and management, distribution, merchandising, concerts and festivals, and more. Is that enough for you?
Well, let’s say Katiuzca is an unstoppable woman, and while you might already be too tired to follow her speed, she still has a lot of energy left to kick your ass as a Muay Thai, boxing and MMA fighter and instructor. She’s one of the teachers and part of the administrative staff at Peru Fight Academy Norte, having arrived from the #NiUnaMenos campaign (a movement against violence against women, spearheaded by an organization called Frente Nacional de Mujeres por la Gobernabilidad y la Democracia), and at that time she was already a national No-Gi Jiu Jitsu champion and a national runner-up in Muay Thai. You can see her in action on a couple of YouTube videos like this one and this one, and check out her profile HERE, but be careful, as she will mercilessly kick your damned ass in the name of Death Metal.
A collaborative Atmospheric Death and Funeral Doom Metal project formed in Cardiff, Wales in 2022 by guitarist John Courage, featuring musicians from the UK and Sweden, God Unknown are finally unleashing upon humanity their debut offering, beautifully titled Last Glimpse of Daylight. Produced by the band itself, engineered by John Courage and Daniel Tjernberg, mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound, and showcasing a darkly serene artwork by Manino Linic, the debut album by Daniel Tjernberg on vocals (with additional vocals by Camilla Tjernberg on the song “Stay with Me”), John Courage on the guitars, Adam West on bass and additional guitars, Michael Lang also on bass, Kostas Panagiotou on keyboards, and Tats McGee on drums will embrace you in absolute grief and melancholy, darkening the skies with the sheer power of funereal and grim Doom Metal.
Inspired by the love of somber, funeral doom and atmospheric themes, God Unknown are ready to crush our minds and souls with the absolute heaviness and obscurity flowing from their excellent debut Last Glimpse of Daylight, and if you want to join such a promising band in gloom and darkness you can find them on Instagram, stream their music on any platform such as Spotify, and of course, above all that, purchase a copy of their striking debut from their own BandCamp or by clicking HERE. In other words, let the lugubrious and grim Doom Metal by God Unknown embrace you, until you see your last glimpse of daylight.
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