Alan Milne writes in Heathen Harvest:

“At its heart Archaeodermophagia is a ‘noise’ release with experimental trappings. In certain places I am reminded of dear old loopy Lou Reed and his Metal Machine Music release, which as we all know was a misunderstood classic way ahead of its time, and anything that can conjure up those happy memories sits well with me. Niko here plays on the senses by introducing diverse elements into the ‘noise’ passages that adds to the sense of the artist as pied piper leading the listener on an ever bewildering merry dance. Thus the use of samples culled from the radio which suddenly appear ad hock in the mix during a relentless barrage of distortion. Couple this with all the stop / go pieces that are seemingly at odds with the overall scheme of things but which, when you become accustomed to them, actually enhance the air of general cacophony that abounds. Other artists of similar ilk would just go for the easier option of skull fucking you over their allotted time span with a non stop repetitive barrage and leave it simply at that. Niko at least tries to be less clinical by deliberately forcing you to absorb the many variances he introduces throughout. These odd injections add to the atmospheres created making Archaeodermophagia a release that will leave you stunned by its inventiveness. Something which we should all applaud in the long run. Or to put it another way. Archaeodermophagia is the musical equivalent of German Expressionism film… only made in Finland.”
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“I would suggest that Archaeodermophagia will appeal to anyone into the whole ‘noise’ spectrum of music whilst it also caters for those more into experimental music in general. There’s much enjoyment to be gained from it no matter what musical faction you ally yourself to. Plus…a blood splattered cover is a unique selling point if nothing else.”

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