Poland's Cien have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of a depressive style of black metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Maledictio" which will be released in November by Old Temple.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album along with some high pitched depressive black metal screams while some of the vocals also add in more of a deeper and grimmer touch. Clear singing can also be heard briefly as well as the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the album more of a raw feeling. The songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length.
Spoken word parts and whispers can also be heard on a couple of tracks as well as one song also introducing synths onto the recording and when guitar leads are utilized they are also done in more of a melodic style, clean playing can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover nihilism, misanthropy and spiritualism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding from Cien and if you are a fan of depressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Wounds Of Atonement" and "A Curse That never Withers". 8 out of 10.
https://oldtemple.bandcamp.com/album/cie-maledictio
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