Mother are a band from Belgium that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a mixture of blackgaze, post black and sludge metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "II" which will be released on october 25th by Consouling Sounds.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the only track that is present on this recording is also over 40 minutes in length and the clean sections also take the music into more of a shoegaze direction.
Elements of sludge metal are also added into the slower sections of the music while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic post metal style and the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody.
Clear singing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with the song also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon the figure of the mother.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from other and if you are a fan of blackgaze, post black and sludge metal, you should check out this album. 8 out of 10.
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