Greece's Astarte have returned with a recording with material that was recorded before 2015 and went for a melodic and aggressive mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "Blackdemonium" which will be released in November by Sleaszy Rider Records.
A very heavy and melodic sound starts off the album while the vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams. Elements of death metal are also added into some of the guitar riffing while clear singing can also be heard at times and the faster sections of the recording also add in a decent amount of blast beats.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some tracks also adding in a death metal growls , spoken words can also be heard briefly , when tremolo picking is added into the fast riffing they also give the album a raw feeling.
On this recording Astartte went for more of an aggressive and melodic mixture of black and death metal which was very different from their previous releases. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Mythology, War and Fantasy themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Astarte and if you are a fan of aggressive and melodic blackened death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Blackdemonium" "Godkill" and "Amon Ra". 8 out of 10.
https://astarteband.bandcamp.com/album/blackdemonium
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