Vvlad are a 1 man band from Norway that plays a mixture of raw black metal, experimental and southern blues with a musical s tyle they call cigar box black metal and this is a review of their 2013 cassette "Demo I" which was released by Negromancy Records.
Sound effects bring in the experimental, harsh noise, and avant garde elements along with a brief use of drum playing and loops while the rest of the music concentrate's more on vocals and guitar with no use of a regular drum kit or bass guitar being present on this recording.
Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced riffs that combine r aw and primitive sounding black metal with experimental to create a sound of their own and there are no guitar solos or leads present on this recording, as for the acoustic guitars they use full chords to bring the southern blues elements to the demo.
Vocals range from grim sounding black metal screams to clean singing along with some spoken word parts as well as a brief use of whispers, while the lyrics cover dark themes, as for the production it has a very dark, raw and primitive sound to it with the songs being long and epic in length.
In my opinion Vvlad are a very great sounding hybrid of raw black metal, experimental and southern blues and if you are looking for something original, you should check out this project. RECOMMENDED BUY.
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