Servant are a band from Germany that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays a majestic form of occult black metal with some symphonic touches and this is a review of their 2023 album "Aetus Ascensus" which will be released in July by MDD Records.
Synths start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
At times the album also gets very atmospheric and symphonic sounding while spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when they are utilized as well as the music also being very heavily influenced by the classic Scandinavian style but keeping it modern at the same time, angry shouts can also be heard on a few tracks. Clean playing and spoken word parts can also be heard briefly and a couple of the songs are also very long and epic in length, clear vocals are also added on the closing track. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism and Occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Servant and if you are a fan of majestic occult black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE Aetus Ascensus" "Mater Hominis" and "Seven Sins To End The World". 8 out of 10.
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