Rosk are a band from Poland that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording moves away from the atmospheric black metal style of their previous release and goes into more of an acoustic folk influenced post metal direction and this is a review of their 2019 album "Remnants" which will be released in November by Pagan Records.
Acoustic guitars start off the album and also bring elements of folk music onto the recording. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while folk instruments are also a very huge part of the recording as well as the vocals being mostly done in a clean style.
The music also brings in percussion's and post metal influences while also moving away from the heavier instruments and harsher vocals of their previous release. Finger picking is also added into some parts of the songs along with one track also introducing ambient style synths onto the recording.
One song also shows the music adding in more of an aggressive side along with the vocals also getting more angry briefly as well as a later track also introducing elements of shoegaze onto the recording. stringed instruments are also added into some parts of the album, slide guitars can also be heard briefly on the closing track. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Rosk and while some atmospheric black metal fans might not like the new style, I can still recommend this album to fans of post metal and folk music. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Rosary" and "The Long Solitude". 8 out of 10.
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