Unholy Craft are a solo project from Norway that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a very raw and old school form of black metal and this is a review of his 2024 album "Saa Mørkt, Saa Mektig" which will be released in June by Purity Through Fire.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody as well as the music also being very heavily rooted in the old school second wave tradition.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the music also captures a very lo-fi demo orientated atmosphere at times. Clean playing and synths can also be heard briefly, one of the tracks is also an instrumental and when guitar leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic style.
On this recording Unholy Craft remain true to the raw and old school style of black metal that he has established on previous releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in a mixture of Norwegian and English and cover primitivism and hatred themes.
In my opinion t his is another great sounding recording from Unholy Craft and if you are a f an of raw and old school black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Into The Cold Winter Night" "Jaertegn"" and "The Nighttime Spear Piercing". 8 out of 10.
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