The Wicked
Finland · formed 1999 · last active 2004
The Wicked was a short-lived (1999-c.2005) Finnish melodic black/industrial/avant-garde metal act from Uusimaa, released on Spikefarm Records, built around Necrotron (guitars, keyboards - real name Henri 'Trollhorn' Sorvali, also of Moonsorrow and Finntroll) and vocalist Lucius M.K. Their two albums, ...For Theirs Is the Flesh (2002) and Sonic Scriptures of the End Times (2004), pile industrial beats, voice-over samples, and symphonic/new-age keyboard writing onto a black-metal chassis, drawing comparisons to a metal Danny Elfman scoring a Tim Burton film. It's a genuinely odd, theatrical corner of the late-90s/early-2000s Finnish extreme scene.
SCORE PROFILE
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WHY THOSE SCORES
- Glitch 4 — The album's Industrial Metal component is built on 'throbbing industrial beats' woven through the black metal base (yperano.com description; Metal Archives genre tag Melodic Black Metal/Industrial Metal/Avant-garde Metal).
- Theatrical 6 — ...For Theirs Is the Flesh (2002) mixes throbbing industrial beats, voice-overs, and symphonic/new-age classical passages, described as sounding like 'Danny Elfman... into extreme metal' fit for a Tim Burton film (yperano.com product description).
- Ambient 3 — New-age-style keyboard and classical passages are noted alongside the symphonic material on the same album (yperano.com description).
MEMBERS
- Necrotron (Henri Sorvali)guitars, keyboards
- Lucius M.K.vocals, sounds
- Meggadeathdrums
CONNECTIONS
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