Vestiges are a band from Washington D.C that has been featured before in this zine with a musical style I would describe as being atmospheric post black metal and this is a review of their 2010 album "The Descent Of Man" which was released by Replenish Records.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown into the music at times, while the synths bring a very dark and atmospheric sound to the recording, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars and at times they have a very strong and powerful sound to them.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffs that utilize some raw and primitive elements as well as crust, post rock, and doom metal influences in the riffing as well as some dark sounding melodies in addition there is a small amount of soft and clean playing being utilized at times, while the lead guitars when they are utilized are very distorted sounding post black metal guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized use full chords to enhance the dark atmosphere of the album adding in some progressive elements.
Vocals range from deep to high pitched black metal screams as well as some crust style shouting being used at times along with some death metal growls, while the lyrics cover dark and nature themes, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound to it with the songs being long and epic in length and you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Vestiges and if you are a fan of atmospheric, post black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "I" and "IV". RECOMMENDED BUY.
https://wearevestiges.bandcamp.com/album/the-descent-of-man
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