Mantiel are an international band with members from Chile and Germany that plays a very impure and hopeless form of black metal and this is a review of their album "Obskurité" which will be released in 2022 by Inferna Profundus Records.
A very fast, raw and lo-fi sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim black metal screams while the music also adds in a decent amount of 90's influences along with a couple of the tracks also being very long and epic in length.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the music also has its primitive moments. A small amount of dark sounding melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing along with a later track also adding in a brief use of clean playing and atmospheric sounds but keeping the focus on more of a raw, heavy and lo-fi style.
Mantiel plays a style of black metal that is very raw and lo-fi sounding in the true underground tradition. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Occultism, Mysticism, Vampirism, Nature and Anti Christianity themes.
In my opinion Mantiel are a very great sounding raw black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ancient Remains Embodied In Mysticism" "Eroded Monoliths In Twilight" and "Beyond The Stars-Depths Awaken". 8 out of 10.
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