A Warm Glimpse is the first studio album released by Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 progressive death metal band Farmakon

Farmakon (band)

Farmakon is a Finnish progressive death metal band formed in 2001. The band is currently made up of guitarist/vocalist Toni Salminen, vocalist Marko Eskola, and bassist Pekka Kauppila. They have released two studio albums to date, and are writing a third, as of January 2009...

. The album was originally released in 2003, under Earache Records

Earache Records

Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

. The opening track, "Loosely of Ameobas" was included on Earache's

Earache Records

Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

 "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II" compilation.

The musical style mixes death metal with funk and jazz, with both clean vocals and death growls, interspersed throughout the songs, and scat singing

Scat singing

In vocal jazz, scat singing is vocal improvisation with wordless vocables, nonsense syllables or without words at all. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice.- Structure and syllable choice...

 done in both methods, on "Flavored Numerology". The style is frequently cited as being similar to the works of Opeth

Opeth

Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...

, Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle

Mr. Bungle was an experimental band from Northern California. The band was formed in 1985 while the members were still in high school and was named after a children's educational film. Mr. Bungle released four demo tapes in the mid to late 1980s before being signed to Warner Bros. Records and...

, and Atheist.

Track listing

All music by Farmakon; Lyrics by Lassi Paunonen and Marko Eskola

1. "Loosely of Amoebas" – 4:55
2. "My Sanctuary in Solitude" – 5:07
3. "Mist" – 4:15
4. "Stretching Into Me" – 6:14
5. "Same" – 3:22
6. "Flowgrasp" – 6:40
7. "Flavored Numerology" – 4:54
8. "Pearl of My Suffering" – 6:49
9. "Wallgarden" – 5:18

Band

• Lassi Paunonen – Guitars
• Toni Salminen − Guitars
• Riku Airisto – Drums
• Marko Eskola − Vocals, Bass

Production

• Produced by Farmakon
• Mixed by Pirkka Rannali
• Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox
• Cover Design by Timo Vuorensola and Eemeli Haverinen
• Photography by Eemeli Haverinen