Thursday, September 28, 2023

Ashbringer/We Came Here To Grieve/Tanslation Loss Records/2023 Full Length Review

 


   Minnesota's Ashbringer has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of an experimental and atmospheric form of post black metal with elements of ambient, noise and folk music and this is a review of their 2023 album "We Came Here To Grieve" which will b e released on September 29th by Translation Loss Records.


    Heavy riffing and angry sounding black metal screams start off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Growls can also be heard at times along with the clean sections also bringing in elements of post rock  and  recording also has its experimental moments .


    The songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts   while  clear vocals can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with the music also going into an atmospheric direction at times and some of the tracks are also long and epic in length,  the music also adds in a lot of progressive touches.


     The solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when they are utilized  along  with  some  melodies also  being added into some of the guitar riffing  as  well  as  the  synths  also  bringing  in  elements  of  ambient  when  they  are  introduced  into  the  music,  spoken  word  samples  and  noises  can  also  be  heard  briefly  and  the  acoustic  guitars  also  show  an  influence  of  folk  music.  The  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  nature  themes.


  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  decent  sounding  recording  from  Ashbringer  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  experimental  and  atmospheric  post  black  emtal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  'Pages"  "Gazed"  "Here"  and  "We  Came  Here  To  Grieve".  7/5  out  of  10.


  

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