Coltaine are hailing from Karlsruhe. Germany and they have been in the scene since 2022. This is their brand new sixth full length opus and it contains 9 songs. Coltaine is a name taken from Steven Erikson’s fantasy book series Malazan Book Of The Fallen. Music of Coltaine is a mixture of mainly post metal and post rock with doom and sludge metal influences. Lyrics deal mainly with themes like nature, life, death but also kind of fantasy in my humble opinion. Some of the songs get quite long but they are in no way boring. What I love about this record is eerie voice and melodies of vocalist Julia Frasch who is a really talented singer ranging from growls to more etherial gentle voice. If I must compare it to some bands it would be early The Gathering but without death metal singing. My personal favorites on this one are Above The Burning Sand and also Brandung. This is nice atmospheric music opus and have a listen. 8,5/10

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