Austria's Vixenta have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an atmospheric and depressive form of post black metal and this is a review of their self released 2024 album "The Oubliette" which will be released on November 20th.
Ambient style synths and clean playing start off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched depressive black metal screams and the music also has its atmospheric moments.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody. Acoustic guitars can also be heard on some of the tracks along with some spoken word parts and whispered vocals also being utilized on a few songs.
The guitar solos and leads are also done in a very melodic post metal style and as the album progresses death metal growls are also introduced into the music along with a couple of songs are also long and epic in length. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover loneliness, Isolation, Reality and Hate themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Vixenta and if you are a fan of atmospheric and depressive post black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Blood On the Idol I" "Downfall" "Escape From The Oubliette" and "Faint Whispers". 8 out of 10.
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