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Esox are a solo project from Italy that has been featured before in this zine and plays a very atmospheric form of post black metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Watery Grave" which will be released in May.
Water sounds and field recordings start off the album along with some clean playing a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. 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 and the vocals are mostly grim black metal screams.
Atmospheric sounding synths are also utilzied quite a bit throughout the recording while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with some clear vocals also being used at times and the music also adds in touches of shoegaze and post rock.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the slower sections of the songs also adding in elements of doom metal. When acoustic guitars are utilzied they also add in an influence of neo-folk as well as one track being an instrumental and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length, spoken words can also be heard in certain sections of the album The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon a man commuting suicide. as he dies he reflects on life, death, nature and the human species.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Esox and if you are a fan of atmospheric post black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "As I Descend Above The Water" and "The River Nihilist". 8 out of 10.
BANDCAMP: https://esoxblack.bandcamp.com/album/and-the-ocean-will-swallow-us-all
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/esox_black_metal/
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551205601670 .
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