Verba Serpentis are a band from Austria that plays a very melodic, old school and satanic form of black metal and this is a review of their 2024 ep "Ophidic Gnosis" which was released by Kult und Kaos Production.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the ep along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched sounding black metal screams while t he music is very heavily rooted in the old school era as well as the riffs also add in a great amount of melody.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the guitar solos and leads are also done in a melodic style when they are utilized. Growls can also be heard at times along with the music sounding like it could of easily been recorded and released more then 20 years ago and all of the tracks also stick to a heavier direction.
Verba Serpentis plays a style of black metal that is very aggressive, melodic and satanic sounding in the mid 90's tradition. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism and Darkness themes.
In my opinion Vernba Serpentis are a very great sounding melodic, old school and satanic black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Leviathan" and "Satan's Eye". 8 out of 10.
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