Krolok are a band from Slovakia that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a very atmospheric and old school form of black metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Funeral Winds & Crimson Sky" which will be released in December by Osmose Productions.
Horror movie style keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling along with the recording also mixing in a great amount of second wave era influences.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding while the vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams. Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as some dark sounding melodies also being added into some of the guitar riffing.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very dark yet melodic style along with some of the guitar riffing also showing an influence of 80's metal at times as w ell as one of the tracks being an instrumental and also introducing acoustic guitars onto the recording, melodic chants can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Occultism, Folklore, Darkness and Nature themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Krolok and if you are a fan of old school and atmospheric black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Black Lore Of The Fens" and "Unveiled Subterranean Treasures'. 8 out of 10.
Bandcamp: https://krolok.bandcamp.com/
Email: krolok.band@gmail.com
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