Atanatos are a band from Germany that plays a very atmospheric form of viking/black metal with a melodic and thrash edge and this is a review of their 1998 album "The Oath Of Revenge" which was released by Last Episode.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown into the music at times, while the keyboards being a very epic and atmospheric sound to the music, as for the bass playing it has a very strong and powerful tone with riffs that dominate throughout the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast viking/black metal riffs with some melodies and thrash influences being thrown into the riffing, while the lead guitars are very melodic sounding guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized they finger picking and full chords to enhance the darkness that is coming out of the music.
Vocals range from high pitched and grim sounding black/viking metal screams, deep blackened death metal growls and some spoken word parts as well as a brief use of clean singing being utilized on one song, while the lyrics cover Paganism, Witchcraft, Darkness and Anti Christian themes, as for the production it has a very dark, powerful, professional and heavy sound to it where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.
In my opinion Atanatos are a very great sounding pagan/black metal band with a melodic and thrash metal edge and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Return Of The Witch" "Armageddon(Time Of Prophecy)" and "Realm Under The Rising Moon". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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