Minnesota's Obsequiae have returned with a new recording which continues their melodic mixture of black and dark metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "The Palms Of Sorrowed Kings" which will be released in November by 20 Buck Spin.
Nature sounds start off the album along with some harps a few seconds later which also gives the album more of a medieval feeling. When guitar solos and leads are utilized there are done in a very melodic style while the songs also mix atmospheric sounding synths into the heavier sections of the music.
Vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched black metal screams while spoken word parts and growls are also utilized at times. All of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and when the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the slower sections of the songs also adding in elements of dark and doom metal as well as some harp's also making a return in certain sections of the recording as the album progresses, a couple of the songs are also instrumentals and later tracks also add in a small amount of clean vocals. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover mysticism, nature, occultism and mythology themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Obsequiae and if you are a fan of melodic dark and black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ceres In Emerald Streams" "Morrigan" and "Emanations Before The Pythia". 8 out of 10.
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