Annata Nera are a band from Italy that plays a very traditional form of black metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Per Aspera as Mortis" which was released by Vacula Productions.
Classical guitars and whispered yet tortured vocals start off the album along with some old school extreme metal guitar leads and dark soundscapes a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. The riffs also use a great amount of melody along with high pitched black metal screams also being a very huge part of the recording.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some growls and the vocals also getting deeper at times.
The songs also add in a great amount of 90's influences but also keep it modern at the same time. As the album progresses the solos and leads also start adding in more melody as well as a couple of the tracks being very long and epic in length, later tracks also adds in a small amount of clean playing, spoken word parts and synths. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics are written in Italian and cover blasphemy, satanism, death and Sabine folklore themes.
In my opinion Annata Nera are a very great sounding traditional black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Per Aspera ad Mortis" and "Tremori Atavici". 8 out of 10.
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