Greece's Order Of The Ebon Hand have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an occult form of black metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "XI: Justice" which was released by Satanath Records.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album along with some spoken words before adding in some keyboards which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling.
Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. Clear singing can also be heard at times along with a great portion of the songs also being very long and epic in length and the riffs also add in a lot of melody.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with some tracks also adding in a small amount of clean playing. At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding and some of the spoken words also add in a ritualistic touch as well as the album also being very heavily rooted in the 90's era yet modern at the same time, one song is also an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Occultism, Left Hand Path, Goetia and Demonology themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Order Of The Ebon Hand and if you are a fan of occult black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Eryn" "Vine" "Amaymon" and "Justice III: The Scale". 8/5 out of 10.
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