Italy's solo project Hesperia has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a very epic, atmospheric and medieval form of pagan black metal and this is a review of his 2026 album "Picenam (True Marchigian Black Metal Renaissance" which will be released in Agust by Hammerheart Records.
Nature sounds start off the album along with some atmospheric sounding synths a few seconds later which also capture a very medieval atmosphere and mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the riffs also adding in a lot of melody.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the album more of a raw feeling. A lot of the recording is also very heavily rooted in the mid 90's era of the genre and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
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 small amount of spoken words. Acoustic guitars and folk instruments are also added into certain sections of the recording as well as most of the tracks also being very long and epic in length, elements of ambient are also utilized at times, Gregorian chants can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the history, folklore, legends and the paganism of the Marche region.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Hesperia and if you are a fan of epic, atmospheric and medieval pagan black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "1375 La Lega Maledetta" "Lu Lupu Manna" "II Sentiero Delle FateAtto II" and "II Paradiso Della Regina Sibbilla Atto II". 8 out of 10.
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