Sól Án Varma are a band from Iceland that consists of many well known members from the Icelandic black metal scene and plays a very atmospheric and dissonant form of black metal and this is a review of their self titled 2023 album which was released by Van records.
A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album while the vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams as well as a few growls. Distorted sounding melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing along with the solos and leads also being done in a very dark and melodic style and the synths also give the music more of an atmospheric feeling.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while all of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. At times the music also gets very dissonant sounding along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling.
Throughout the album you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a lot of the music also capturing an improvised atmosphere as well as some spoken word parts also being utilized briefly, one song also introduces clear vocals onto the recording. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark themes.
In my opinion Sól Án Varma are a very great sounding atmospheric and dissonant black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "I" "V" "VIII" and "XI". 8 out of 10.
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