Sweden's Malakhim have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a very melodic and old school form of black metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "And in Our Heart The Devil Sings" which will be released in October by Iron Bonehead Productions.
Ritualistic sounding bells start off the album before going into a more heavy and melodic direction while some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. 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.
Most of the music is very heavily rooted in the mid 90's era while the vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in very melodic style along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Clean playing can also be heard on a couple of tracks as well as one song also introducing spoken words onto the album and the vocals also have their grim moments and synths are also added on the closing track.. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Devil Worship and the ideas of the Yetzer Hara.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Malakhim and if you are a fan of fast and aggressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "And In Our Heart The Devil Songs" "Into Darkness We Depart" and "The Firmament Submits". 8 out of 10.
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