Xasthur are a band from the United States that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording moves away from a depressive black metal style and goes into more of an acoustic acid folk direction and this is a review of their 2021 album "Victims Of The Times" which will be released in July as a joint effort between Lupus Lounge and Prophecy Productions.
Keyboards and slide guitars start off the album along with some clean vocals a few seconds later while the music also adds in a great amount of Americana elements. At times the music also gets very dark sounding as well as adding in a lot of acoustic guitars and the songs also mix in a lot of folk influences.
Touches of acid, tech folk and bluegrass are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Some of the tracks are also instrumentals along with the acoustic guitars also adding in a good mixture of finger picking and full chords.
At times the music also captures the dark atmosphere of black and doom metal without ever adding in any heaviness or distorted instruments as well as the music also having its psychedelic moments. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics covers a road trip through the dark underbelly of the American Dream.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Xasthur and while some black metal fans might not like the new direction, I can see this album appealing to fans of neo folk. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Same old Suspects" "Fairy Tale Ideologies" "Estranged" and "Voluntary Prisoners". 8 out of 10.
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