Here is the new opus by German Boötes Void and it is a crusher! What can we expect on this one? Eight tracks of atmospheric and crushing death metal with lots of black metal elements, blast beats and changing of rhythm into some more slower and atmospheric parts which rule. Of course there are melancholic nice melodies that mix with all out war and aggression of the bombastic songwriting. Vocals are in death metal growling vein but fit perfectly to the all around musical onslaught kinda reminding me of Nergal but maybe that’s just me. Overall vibe of the album reminds me of coldness and mercilessness of space. Nice usage of epic and sad sample from Blade Runner in this one too. For me, my personal favorites on this one are View From Nihil and Lost In Oblivion, you discover yours.
Solfatare are hailing from Belgium and this is their debut full length opus. This one contains six songs of mixture between black metal melody and at times melancholy with some death metal aggression with just hints of thrash metal here and there for good measure at least I heard it that way. Vocals are diverse, mostly more of death metal growling but also there are some clean vocals on this one and at times shouting. The songs are pretty long in duration but album doesn’t get boring for one second because there are diverse rhythm changes, atmospheric parts, back to aggressive blasting bombardment. Lyrics are in French if I am not mistaken, so I don’t understand what they are singing about but I let the music do the talking, My personal favorites on this record are: Des Monarques Anhedoniques, Sous des Cieux absents, also Du deuil affaire.
So, if you like your metal brutal, but at the same time blackened and harsh, this is the right one for you.
Not much is known about this band, except that they are hailing from Belgium and this is their first opus containing 7 songs. The music is pretty brutal and harsh raw blackened death metal but with traces of catchy and epic melodic, at moments melancholic guitar work. Some songs are more epic and longer, some are shorter. Lyrics are in Wallonic language, so I don’t understand them at all, so I can’t tell you what are they singing about. I pretty much like this mix of blast beats, death metal brutality and black metal epicness with some gentle and subtle keyboard parts behind the song structures. Vocals are not your typical black metal screaming, they are rather growling in death metal style, but fit perfectly to the song structures. My personal favorites are Nor Terii, Chants Nervien and Aux Marches Picardes. Good album!
