Cardinal are a solo project from San Francisco, California that plays a mixture of raw black metal, harsh noise and drone and this is a review of their 2024 ep "The Descent" which will be released in April by Malevolent Sound.
Electronic sounds start off the ep along with some programmed beats a few seconds later while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. Synths and drones are also a very huge part of the recording as well as all of the tracks sounding very different from each other. All of the songs also avoid the use of any traditional metal instruments, when the music speeds up a small amount of programmed blast beats can be heard and elements of harsh noise are also utilized briefly.
Cardinal plays a musical style that takes raw black metal, drone, harsh noise and electronic music and mixes them together to create a sound of his own. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover the horrific recesses of human experience.
In my opinion Cardinal are a very great sounding electronic mixture of black metal, harsh noise and drone and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Betrayal Of Light". 8 out of 10.
https://cardinamlalevolent.bandcamp.com/album/the-descent
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