Sweden's Wormwood have returned with a new recording which continues the atmospheric and melodic style of black metal from their previous releases and this is a review of their 2021 album "Arkivet" which will be released in July by Black Lodge Records.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched black metal screams and the music also has a lot of 90's Swedish influences but done in a more modern style.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. Clean playing can also be heard in some parts of the recording along with the synths also giving the songs more of an atmospheric feeling when they are utilized.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them. Angry shouts can also be heard in some parts of the recording as well as one track also adding in a brief use of stringed and folk instruments, clean vocals are also added on a couple of songs. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover humanity's destructive force, the inability to adapt to our nature and our inevitable and well deserved death.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Wormwood and if you are a fan of melodic and atmospheric black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Archive" "My Northern Heart" and "The Gentle Touch Of Humanity". 8 out of 10.
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