Yaldabaoth are a duo from Brazil that plays a Gnostic themed form of occult black metal and this is a review of their 2018 demo "A Queda De Sophia" which was released by Balrogh Records.
Nature sounds along with some synths start off the demo while also adding in some spoken word parts briefly which also gives the music more of a ritualistic feeling before going into a heavier direction and when the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly grim black metal screams while most of the tracks are very long and epic in length along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the music also having its atmospheric moment at times, clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording and the music also adds in a great amount of 90's influences and as the demo progresses a brief use of clear vocals can also be heard and they also bring in an instrumental.
Yaldabaoth plays a style of occult black metal that is very raw, atmospheric, epic and old school sounding, the production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover the Nag Hammadi scriptures with some Gnostic, Hellenistic, Early Christianity, Hebrew, Persian Manichean, Greek, Roman and Egyptian philosophical views but with a more Luciferian and Left Hand Path approach to the subject.
In my opinion Yaldabaoth are a very great sounding Gnostic themes occult black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this demo. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "O Pleroma" and "O Abismo". 8/5 out of 10.
https://yaldabaoth666.bandcamp.com/album/a-queda-de-sophia
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excellent horde! highly recommended!
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