This is a review of another recording from Russia's solo project Wintaar which is also done in a very atmospheric style of black metal and the album was released in 2018 by Death Prayer Records and called "Hymns Of The Urals".
Atmospheric sounding synths start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody along with all of the tracks also being very long and epic in length and when the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can be heard.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while t he tremolo picking also gives the music more of a raw feeling when they are utilized. When guitar solos and leads are added into the songs they are also done in a very melodic style.
Spoken word parts can also be heard briefly along with the vocals also going into a deeper direction on some of the tracks as well as a couple of later songs also introducing clean playing and classical guitars into the music and the album closes with an instrumental. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Celtic Paganism, The Ural Region of Russia, Winter and Nature themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Wintaar and if you are a fan of atmospheric black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Morrigan" and "Night Wintersky". 8 out of 10.
https://deathprayerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/forgotten-hymns-of-the-urals
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