France's Griffon has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a medieval form of black metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "De Republica" which will be released in February by les Acteurs de L'Ombre Productions.
War orientated soundscapes start off the album while clear vocals can also be heard briefly and show an influences of folk music before going into more of a heavier and atmospheric direction. Vocals are mostly grim black metal screams along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a lot of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly grim black metal screams along with a few growls while melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing. Synths also mix in with the heavier sections of the album at times along with the tracks also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording and also gives the album more of a medieval feeling along with a few of the songs also adding in a good amount of spoken word parts, all of t he musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in French and cover the history of France and it's revolutions.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Griffon and if you are a fan of medieval black emtal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Ides Of march" and "De Republica". 8 out of 10.
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