Asenheim are a duo from Germany that plays a very epic and old school form of pagan black metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Wolkenbrecher" which will be released in December by Dominance Of Darkness.
A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album along with some epic sounding keyboards while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing as well as the vocals being mostly high pitched black metal screams mixes in with a few growls.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the music is also very heavily rooted in the mid 90's era. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.
Clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Clear vocals are also utilized at times as well as some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length, one song also introduces elements of folk music onto the album, spoken word samples are also added on t he closing track. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in German and cover Paganism, Old Legends and Fantasy themes.
In my opinion Asenheim are a very great sounding epic and old school pagan black metal duo and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Der Harnischmacher" "Zu den Waffen" Wolkenbrecher" and "Himmelfahrtskommando". 8/5 out of 10.
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