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Blood Stained Dusk are a band from Alabama that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a very old school, atmospheric, occult and satanic form of black metal and this is a review of their 2023 ep "Dead Lights Beckon Me" which was released by Black Lion Records.
Dark soundscapes start off the album along with some clean playing and keyboards a few seconds later which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. At times the music gets very atmospheric sounding while also adding in some symphonic touches and the vocals are mostly high pitched 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 a raw feeling. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style and the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the mid 90's and early 2000's era of the genre along with most of the tracks also being very long and epic in length. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them as well as the vocals are adding in some more deep and aggressive touches at times, operatic singing can also be heard briefly and the ep closes with an orchestral orientated instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, occultism, Evil and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Blood Stained Dusk and if you are a fan of atmospheric, symphonic, old school, occult and satanic black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dead Lights Beckon Me" and "Worship And Disintegrate". 8/5 out of 10.
https://bloodstainedduskblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/dead-lights-beckon-me
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1J40IXknpLCZYG2KTY6MQ9
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