Germany's Lebensnacht has returned with a new recording which continues the atmospheric and depressive black metal style from their previous releases and this is a review of their 2021 album "The Realm Beyond" which will be released on March 28th by Naturmacht Productions.
Nature sounds start off the album before going into a heavier direction while the synths also give the music more of an atmospheric feeling. Vocals are mostly high pitched yet depressive black metal screams along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw atmosphere.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the music also has a decent amount of 90's influences. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with some clean playing also being added into some parts of the recording as well as some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length,
When guitar solos leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with one of the tracks also being an instrumental which also introduces acoustic guitars onto the album, a later track also adds in a small amount of clean vocals and spoken word parts are also added on the closing song. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover nature, human, life and death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Lebensnacht and if you are a fan of atmospheric and depressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Fallen Soul Under A Pale Star" and "Entering The Realm Beyond". 8 out of 10.
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