Rippikoulu

Rippikoulu is a Finnish death metal band active in the early 1990s. They released demos including Musta Seremonia and are noted in the review for singing in Finnish. The review reports the band disbanded in 1995 after the death of guitarist Marko Henriksson.

According to the available review, Musta Seremonia is considered a classic Finnish death metal demo and was remastered in 2010. The band's style mixes death metal with strong doom and funeral-doom influences. The band recorded at least two demos; online information about a later EP (Ulvaja) is described as scarce in the review.

The available review highlights Musta Seremonia as a classic Finnish death metal demo with a 2010 remaster. Rippikoulu are noted for singing in Finnish and for strong doom/funeral-doom influences. The band had a short existence and is reported to have disbanded in 1995 after the death of guitarist Marko Henriksson. The demo is praised for professional recording quality and a distinctive, suffocating slow style.

For:Fans of early-1990s Finnish death metal, doom/funeral-doom listeners, demo collectors.