Pagan Ulver are a band from Morocco that plays a very raw, melodic, atmospheric and symphonic form of post black metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Obsidian Flame Of Thy Offering".
Clean playing starts off the album along with some symphonic sounds a few seconds later which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic post metal style and blast beats are added into the faster sections of the songs.
When tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the recording more of a raw feeling while the vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams. The album also has its atmospheric moments along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a couple of the tracks also being very long and epic in length as well as a couple of songs also adding in a small amount of spoken words, growls can also be heard at times and acoustic guitars are also added on the closing song. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover fantasy, tragic stories, misanthropy and self destruction themes.
In my opinion Pagan Ulver are a very great sounding raw, melodic, atmospheric and symphonic post black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ravenous Flock" and "Coven Of The Broken". 8 out of 10.
Website: https://paganulver.com/
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PaganUlver
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