Suicidal are a band from Singapore that has been featured before in this zine and plays a very raw and old school form of black metal and this is a review of his 2021 compilation album "Secrets From Beyond" which was released by Depressive Illusions Records.
Horror movie style keyboards start off the compilation before going into a heavier musical direction while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched black metal screams that also have their deeper moments while the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era. Dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Keyboards also making a return on some of the later tracks and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they also remain true to an old school style along with a later song also introducing whispered vocals and clean playing onto the compilation, war samples can also be heard briefly as well as a couple of songs also adding in a brief use of spoken word parts and chants. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Satanism, occultism, Sumerian Mythology, Blasphemy, Darkness, War and Violence themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Suicidal and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal , you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Kiamat" "Dark Rituals" "Blasphemic Existence" and "Coronation Of Dajjal". 8 out of 10.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3Mo1etZkul9H3VO82s9gqH?si=0pCMkIiSS0O46JrWXy0d2g
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