Criminally, Shadow’s Mortuary are still one of the best-kept secrets in the always-fertile Finnish black metal scene. The quartet formed in 2013, and patiently released two digital-only EPs – "Kylmään Hautaan" in 2015, and then "Tulen Valtakunta" in 2018 – before releasing their debut album, also titled "Tulen Valtakunta", in 2018. That album was initially released on cassette through the cult Worship Tapes label, but soon did Purity ThroughFire step in to release it on a wider scale on CD format. A year later came the band’s equally strong second album, "Kuoleman Portit", also released by Purity ThroughFire.
While things have been relatively quiet on their front since then, Shadow’s Mortuary return with a righteous fervor with "Unohdettu Maa". Translated into English as “The Forgotten Land,” Unohdettu Maa “stands for a vision of a place where no religions reign,” the band explain, “Without its effect on human behavior and thinking".