Italy's solo project Marea has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an atmospheric style of black metal and this is a review of his 2026 album "A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost" which will be released in October as a joint effort between Hypnotic Dirge and Masked Dead Records.
Acoustic guitars start off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched depressive black metal screams while a great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and the music also has its atmospheric moments.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar along with some tracks also adding in a small amount of whispered vocals and the clean sections also add in a touch of post rock.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with a couple of songs also adding in a small amount of clear vocals and the music is more rooted in the modern era of the genre, synths can also be heard briefly and one track is also an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover isolation, remorse, regret, broken dreams and the fragile existence of broken relationships.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Marea and if you are a fan of atmospheric and depressive post black metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Beauty Of Broken Things" and "Absence Of Self". 8 out of 10.
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