Lhaäd are a solo project from Belgium that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for a hadopelagic form of black metal and this is a review of his 2025 album "Beyond" which will be released in April by Amor Fati Productions.
Dark soundscapes and field recordings start off the album along with some clean playing a few seconds later. Whispers can be heard before going into a heavier direction while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling
Vocals are mostly grim black metal screams while the synths also give the music more of an atmospheric feeling while also introducing elements of ambient. All of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the album also having its cosmic moments, spoken words can also be heard on a couple of tracks and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
On this recording Lhaäd expands on the hodepelagic style of black metal that he had introduced on previous releases. The production sounds very raw and heavy while t he lyrics cover the ocean and the dark abyss.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Lhaäd and if you are a fan of atmospheric, ambient and cosmic black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Beyond II" and "Beyond VI". 8 out of 10.
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