Italy's Dawn Of A Dark Age have returned with a new recording which shows them expanding on the experimental. avant garde and atmospheric style of black metal from their previous releases and this is a review of their 2020 album "La Tavola Osca" which will be released in July by Antiq.
Field recordings start off the album along with some spoken word parts a few seconds later while both of the tracks are very long and epic in length. When clarinets are utilized they also give the music more of an avant garde feeling along with the acoustic guitars bringing in folk music influences.
The music also mixes both the heavy and experimental parts together at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling along with the guitar solos and leads being done in a very melodic style.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of melody. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them.
Melodic chants and singing can also be heard briefly as well as some synths also being added into certain sections of the recording which also gives the music more of an atmospheric feeling. Touches of jazz music and classical music can also be heard at times, spoken word parts are also utilized on the second track.
Operatic female vocals can also be heard briefly and when percussion is utilized briefly it also gives the music more of a tribal feeling as well as adding in a brief use of nature sounds and ritualistic chants. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Italian and cover the Samnites People, valiant people who had inhabited Central-Southern Italy.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Dawn Of A Dark Age and if you are a fan of experimental, avant garde and and atmospheric black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACK "La Tavola Osca (I Atto)". 8 out of 10.
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