Lord Belial are a band from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Rapture" which will be released in may by Hammerheart Records.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic yet chaotic style along the the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the music is more rooted in the more aggressive side of the Swedish style than previous releases, Elements of death metal are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording and when spoken word parts are utilized they also give the music more of a ritualistic feeling.
Synths are also added on some of the tracks which also give the music more of an atmospheric feeling along with a couple of the songs also being long and epic in length as well as a couple of the tracks also adding in a small amount of acoustic guitars, growls can also be heard at times, melodic chants can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Evil, Death and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Lord Belial and if you are a fan of this band, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Legion" "Destruction" "Evil Incarnate" and "Alpha And Omega". 8 out of 10.
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