Zwiespalt are a band from Germany that plays a very raw, melancholic and old school form of black metal with some elements of punk and this is a review of their self released 2020 album "Ambivalenz".
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era along with the riffs also adding in a small amount of melody at times and the vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched black metal screams.
At times the music also captures the raw energy of punk rock while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. At times the music also gets very melancholic sounding along with all of the music sticking to a heavier direction and a lot of the songs sound like they could of easily been recorded and released more than 20 years ago and as the album progresses a brief use of melodic guitar leads can also be heard
Zwiespalt plays a style of black metal that is very raw and old school in the 90's tradition as well as adding in some melancholic touches and elements of punk rock to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in German and cover the eternal struggle of man along with some inspirations from the writings of Nietzsche and other philosophers.
In my opinion Zwiespalt are a very great sounding raw, old school, melancholic and punk influenced black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Schneid" "Gram" and "Wiederkehr". 8 out of 10.
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