Barbarian Swords are a band from Spain that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a mixture of black, doom and sludge metal and this is a review of their 2022 double compilation album "Crusaders Of The Apocalypse - The Return" which will be released in June as a joint effort between Negra Nit and Negre plan Y.
Nature sounds start off the album before going into a heavier direction while the slower sections of the songs also bring in elements of sludge and doom metal. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with a great portion of the tracks also being very long and epic in length.
Dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the solos and leads are also done in a very distorted style. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them along with the vocals also adding in more of an angry shouting style at times.
Some of the riffing also adds in the raw energy of punk rock along with some first wave touches also being utilized in certain sections of the compilation as well as some of the reverb sounds also showing an influence of noise, some of the tracks are also instrumentals and one song also introduces growls onto the recording. Some of the songs are also recorded live and as the album progresses a brief use of fast playing and blast beats can also be heard. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover hate, nihilism, misanthropy, anti religion and anti Christianity themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from barbarian Swords and if you are a fan of black, sludge and doom metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Crusaders Of The Apocalypse" "Immortal Victory" "Hunting Rats" and "Pentecostal Black Punishment". 8 out of 10.
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