Zythaex are an international duo with members from Iceland and Hungary that plays a very dissonant and avant garde form of black metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Devouring Principle".
Dark soundscapes start off the album before going into a heavier direction while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched sounding black metal screams along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of dissonant sounding melodies.
The only song that is presented on the recording is over 35 minutes in length while synths are also utilized at times. The album also has its avant garde moments along with the faster sections of the track also adding in a decent amount of blast beats and tremolo picking which also gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Whispered vocals, spoken words and chants can also be heard along with the track also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the music also getting very atmospheric sounding at times and most of the recording is very heavily rooted in the modern era. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover existence as a process of erasure.
In my opinion Zythaex are a very great sounding atmospheric, avant garde and dissonant black metal duo and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. 8 out of 10.
https://zythaex.bandcamp.com/album/devouring-principle
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