Russia's Thanatomass has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of an aggressive mixture of war and occult black metal and this is a review of their 2023 album "Hades" which will be released in May by Living Temple.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album before going into a heavier musical direction while the solos and leads are also done in a very chaotic style. During the faster sections of the songs a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.
Elements of war metal can also be heard at times while the vocals are a mixture of bestial growls and black metal screams. Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era as well as some 80's era first wave touches along with a great portion of the tracks also being very long and epic in length and the songs also add in a good combination of slow, mid paced and fast parts, the whole recording also sticks to a heavier direction.
On this recording Thanatomass takes the 80's and 90's era of black metal and mixes it with the brutality of war metal to create a very heavy and aggressive recording. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Occultism, Sorcery and Greek Mythology themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Thanatomass and if you are a fan of war and occult black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Living Tombs of Tartarus" and "Sorcery of Hades". 8 out of 10.
http://livingtemple.bandcamp.com/album/thanatomass-hades
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