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Russia's solo project Astarium has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an atmospheric, old school, raw and symphonic form of black metal and this is a review of his 2023 album "The Ghost Kings" which was released by Acid Visions.
Ambient style synths start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. The music also has its symphonic moments while the album is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era as well as all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with a few growls while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the album more of a raw feeling. At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody, spoken word parts are also added into certain sections of the album. The production sounds very dark and old school while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Evil, Darkness and Death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Astarium and if you are a fan of atmospheric, old school, raw and symphonic black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Cadaveric Invasion" "Possessed By Demon" and "Return To Satanism". 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Astarium/70423#
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