True Black Dawn are a band from Finland that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for more of an aggressive, melodic, occult and satanic form of black metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Of Thick-circling Shadows" which will be released on July 30th. by W.T.C Productions.
Dark sounding synths start off the album before going into more of a heavier direction while the vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of z raw feeling.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and the tracks also add in a lot of old school influences as well as remaining very modern at the same time.
Synths also return on some of the later tracks along with one song also adding in a brief use of acoustic guitars as well as the album also having its atmospheric moments, some of the songs also bring in more of the faster style of earlier releases. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from True Black Dawn and if you are a f an of aggressive, melodic, occult and satanic black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Algol" "The Wind From The Red Cloud" 'Worlds In The Mirror" and "The End Of our Age". 8 out of 10.
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