#SingleReview: Kalmo – Feeding the Worms for #METALMOMENTUM

Band: Kalmo
Title: Feeding the Worms
Label: Independent
Release date: April 23rd, 2026
Country: Finland
Format reviewed: High-Quality Digital Recording

#SingleReview: Kalmo – Feeding the Worms for #METALMOMENTUM by Sílvia

Kalmo (meaning “corpse” or “spirit of the dead”) is a Finnish blackened doom metal band that has been releasing music since 2017, and they bring their new single for all of us to enjoy… or to rot. “Feeding the Worms” is a heavy and oppressive song about, well, being devoured by worms to say it simply. The lyrics depict the agony of feeling the body being eaten by worms in an endless torment, bite by bite, and this is a very horrific image that won’t be erased from your brain so easily…

The song begins with a dark tone, slowly dragging you into an obsessive rhythm built on repetitive riffs that creep into your brain like an endless spiral. The bass creates dramatic, intense echoes; the strings vibrate with such intensity they seem to burn. Meanwhile, the drums relentlessly mark the tempo of extreme agony, and you clearly feel the atmosphere becoming more oppressive, plunging you into extreme suffering. The deep and rotten voice drives you into insanity as you realize you cannot escape the fatal destination…

Kalmo started as the solo project of the Finnish artist Mika Antero, and nowadays is a band with three members: Mika (vocals), Pekka (guitar) and Anu (bass). Their sound has become much heavier, bleak, and the atmosphere is filled with horror and decay. I personally love the way Mika’s voice has improved over the years: it has become deeper and cavernous, more menacing. The production of this single is also clear and well-crafted, you can listen perfectly to the vibration of the strings, and the accurate beating of drums. I’m mesmerized by the low-tuned bass and its menacing sound, in its rumbling embrace I surrender.

Are you ready to enter this horrific nightmare of suffering and decay? 9/10

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