Sad are a duo from Greece that has been featured before in this zine and plays an old school form of black metal and this is a review of their 2023 album "Black Metal Craft" which will be released on December 23rd by Purity Through Fire.
Grim yet high pitched black metal screams start off the album along with some heavier riffing a few seconds later. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's Nordic second wave style while the solos and leads also remain very true to an old school yet melodic direction. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them and the whole recording also sticks to a heavier direction as well as the closing song also being an instrumental
On this recording Sad remains true to the old school style of black metal that they have established on previous releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover sadness, negativity, darkness, evil and black metal themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Sad and if you are a fan of old school black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Black Metal Craft" "Sickening Euphoria" and "Blissful Horizon". 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sad/63316
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