Somalgia are a duo from the United Kingdom that has been featured before in this zine which started out playing more of an atmospheric style of black metal and on this recording plays more of a mixture of progressive, psychedelic rock, trip hop and black metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Inverted World" which will be released in December by Repose Records.
Synths and trip hop style beats start off the album witch also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. The progressive also gets very progressive sounding while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style along with some clean vocals also being added into certain sections of the recording.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the music also has its progressive moments. Black metal screams can also be heard on a couple of songs along with some melodies also being added into some of the guitar riffing as well as a couple of tracks also being very long and epic in length.
A couple of the songs also introduces acoustic guitars and clean playing onto the recording along with some tracks also adding in elements of folk music as well as the album also being less influenced by black metal than their previous recording, when the music finally speeds up a small amount of blast beats can be heard. A later track also adds in a brief use of spoken word samples and the closing song also adds in some female vocals. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon a mans journey which takes him through a dystopian reality and conspiracy rabbit holes.
In my opinion this is another decent sounding from Somalgia and if you are fan of progressive, psychedelic rock, trip hop and black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "God Is Dead" "Consumer" and "Dear Rulers". 7/5 out of 10.
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