Germany's Chaos Invocation have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a very melodic, raw, satanic and occult form of black metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Wherever We Roam..."which will be released in November by AOP Records.
Clean playing starts off the album along with some melodic guitar solos and leads a few seconds later. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling and the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody.
Vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. the songs also mix in a lot of old school touches as well as remaining very modern at the same time along with one song also introducing spoken word parts onto the album.
Clear vocals are also added on a couple of songs along with some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length as well as all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them, synths can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism and Occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Chaos invocation and if you are a fan of melodic, raw, satanic and occult black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Wherever We Roam" "Bridges Aflame" and "Engravings Of The Quivering Pedestal". 8 out of 10.
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