Wigrid are a band from Germany that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a depressive form of black metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Entfremdungsmoment" which will be released in September by Bleeding Heart Nihilist Productions.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. All of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody as well as the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Vocals are mostly high pitched depressive black metal screams along with most of the tracks being very long and epic in length. When solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while ambient style synths can also be heard in some parts of the music, the songs are also mostly rooted in the earlier depressive style of the mid 90's and early 2000's and as the album progresses a couple of instrumentals are also added onto the recording, clean playing can also be heard briefly.
On this recording Wigrid remain true to the depressive black metal style that was established on previous releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in German and cover death, depression, despair, sadness and isolation themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Wgrid and if you ate a fan of depressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Entzirkulation" and "Entfremdungsmoment". 8 out of 10.
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