This is a review of a 4 way split album between Australia's Midnight Odyssey, United Kingdom's Sword of Dis, Belgium's Oros Kau and Finland's Serpent Ascending with the album being called "From The Waters of Death - A Retelling Of The Epic Of Gilgamesh" which will be released in February by I, Voidhanger Records and we will start off the review of Serpent Ascending a solo project that plays death metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very dark yet heavy sound while clear male and female singing and synths are also used at times. The track is also over 14 minutes in length while the faster sections of the song also adds in a lot of blast beats along with the harsh vocals being mostly death metal growls. At times the music also gets technical sounding.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the track also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them as well as the guitar leads also expanding more of the technical approach, clean playing can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the Epic Of Gilgamesh.
In my opinion Serpent Ascending a very great sounding death metal solo project and if you are looking for something very different in this genre, you should check out his side of the split.
Nest up is Oros Kau a solo project who returns with a mixture of black and death metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very dark yet heavy sound while the faster sections of the song also add in a lot of blast beats. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them and the vocals are mostly high pitched black medal screams.
The track is also over 7 minutes in length along with some operatic clear singing and death metal growls also being used at times. The song also adds in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the music also adding in some atmospheric touches, when tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the music more of a raw feeling. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the Epic Of Gilgamesh.
In my opinion this is another great song form Oros Kau and if you are a fan of black and death metal, you should check out his side of the split.
Next up is Swords Of Dis a duo that returns with a mixture of black and doom metal.
Their side of the split starts out with some middle eastern style folk instruments and operatic female vocals before going into a heavier direction. Clear male vocals are also used at times along with the harsher vocals being mostly death metal growls mixed in with a few black metal screams.
Both of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the slower sections of the music bringing in elements of death metal. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also give the recording more of a raw feeling, spoken words are also used briefly as well as the riffs also adding in some melodies. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style and orchestral sounds can also be heard at times. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the Epic of Gilgamesh..
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Swords Of Dis and if you are a fan of black and doom metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Blood Stains The Altar Of The Sun And In Ishtar’s Mourning The Feral Lord Of Desolation Awaits The House Of Dust".
Next up is Midnight Odyssey a solo project who returns with his ambient and cosmic style of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with some epic ambient style keyboards which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs. Clear singing and spoken words can also be heard at times while the only song that is present on his side of the recording is also over 20 minutes in length.
Harsh vocals are mostly black metal screams along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing as well as some clean playing also being utilized briefly, when the music finally speeds up a small amount of blast beats can be heard. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the Epic Of Gilgamesh.
In my opinion this is another great sounding track from Midnight Odyssey and if you are a fan of cosmic black metal, you should check out his side of the split.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of the more creative sides of black, doom and death metal. 8/5 out of 10.
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-waters-of-death
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