This is a review of a split album from Eptimia and Gmork 2 black metal bands from Russia called "Солнечный ветер / Четыре сезона" and we will start of the review with Epitimia a band that plays ambient black metal.
Drums are all slow to mid paced drumming with some fast playing and blast beats, while the synths bring a very dark ambient sound to the music as well as some parts that have a ethnic feeling to them, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars and at times they have a very powerful sound to them.
Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced riffs that combine ambient black metal with melodic black metal, while the lead guitars are very raw, primitive and melodic sounding black metal guitar solos, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized they use finger picking to enhance the darkness that is coming out of the guitars.
Vocals are mostly high pitched depressive black metal screams mixed in with some deep growls and a brief spoken word part, while the lyrics are written in Russian and cover nature themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Epitimia are a very great and original sounding ambient black metal band that offers something new to the genre in addition they haave the best music on this split and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Melancolia I" and "Безликое свечение". RECOMMENDED
Next up is Gmork a band that plays a very dark and depressive from of black metal.
Drums range from slow to mid paced drumming with some fast playing or blast beats and there is no use of a bass guitar on their side of the recording with the music using 2 guitarists instead, as for the synths when they are utilized they bring a very dark ambient/classical sound to the music.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to some black metal riffs that are very dark, raw, primitive and depressive sounding while the lead guitars when they utilized are very primitive and melodic sounding black metal guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized they use finger picking to enhance the darkness that is coming out of the music.
Vocals are all grim sounding black metal screams, while the lyrics are written in Russian with themes that cover Nature, Misanthropy and Death, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it.
In my opinion Gmork are a very great sounding depressive black metal band and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Потерявший себя (Лето)" and "Им неизвестны боль и страх (Зима)". RECOMMENDED BUY.
In my opinion this is a very great split album and I would recommend it all of fans of nature orientated ambient/depressive black metal. RECOMMENDED BUY.
https://epitimia.bandcamp.com/album/split-with-gmork
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