Skagos are a band from Vancouver B.C., Canada that plays a very atmospheric form of Cascadian black metal with elements of folk music and this is a review of their 2009 album "Ast" which was released by Eternal Warfare.
Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being utilized at times along with a brief use of percussions, while the bass playing has a very dark tone with riffs that follow the riffing that are coming out of the guitars, as for the folk instruments they are only used on a couple of songs and bring a very nature orientated and ambient sound to the recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast Cascadian black metal riffs that are very dark, atmospheric, raw and primitive sounding along with some melody and folk music influences being thrown into the riffing at times as well as a brief use of clean playing, while the lead guitars are very melodic and atmospheric sounding black metal guitar solos and leads, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized use finger picking and full chords to enhance the folk elements of the recording.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with some deeper vocals being utilized at times as well as a brief use of clean singing, while the lyrics cover atavism and mythic being's, as for the production it has a very dark, heavy, raw and primitive sound to it with the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Skagos are a very great sounding atmospheric cascadian black metal band with elements of folk music and if you are a fan of t his musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Drums Pound Every Night In A Glorious Celebration In Life" and "Caliginosty". RECOMMENDED BUY.
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