Finland's Iätön have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a very epic, old school and mystical form of black metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "Portit Pohjolan" which will be released in June by Signal Rex.
Dark soundscapes, nature sounds and keyboards start off the album which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while the music is also very heavily rooted in the mid 90's era. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing along with the album also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length, spoken words can also be heard on a couple of songs.
On this recording Iätön goes for a very epic, old school and traditional form of black metal that is very heavily rooted in the mid 90's era. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Finnish and cover darkness, nature, mysticism and misanthropy themes.
In my opinion this another great sounding recording from Iätön and if you are a fan of epic and old school black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Myrskyn Laulu" "Yon Hamarassa" and "Portit Pohjolan Nakyvat". 8 out of 10.
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