Switzerland's Rorcal have returned with a new recording which continues their mixture of drone, post black, doom, sludge metal from previous releases and this is a review of their 2019 album "Muladona" which was released by Hummus Records.
Atmospheric sounding drones start off the album along with a brief use of spoken word parts before going into a heavier musical direction. Elements of sludge and doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody.
A couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the vocals are mostly angry yet high pitched black metal screams. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the guitar leads being done in a very melodic post metal style when they are utilized.
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. Spoken word parts and drones also return on some of the later tracks as well as the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as some touches of post hardcore, synths can also be heard briefly on the closing track. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics are a concept album based upon a persons relationship with is mother and how it leads to murder mixed in with some supernatural themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Rorcal and if you are a fan of drone, post black, sludge and doom metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "She Drained You Of Your Innocence And You Poisoned Her With It" "Carnation Was Not The Smell Of Death, They Where the Smell Of Desire" and "I Was The Muladona's Seventh Tale". 8 out of 10.
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