Ungoliantha are a band from Ukraine that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a very raw form of black metal with some orchestra elements and this is a review of their self released 2019 ep "The Howl In The Waste" which will be released in may.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the ep along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them as well as the riffs also using a great amount of melody.
Epic sounding keyboards also mix in with the heavier sections of the music at times while the songs are heavily influenced by the 90's style but keeping it modern. Throughout the recording you can also hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic style.
Spoken word parts and clean vocals can also be heard briefly as the ep progresses along with one track being long and epic in length and they also bring in a cover of Lord Belial's "Hymn Of The Ancient Spirit of The Forest". The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover darkness and mysticism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Ungoliantha and if you are a fan of raw black metal with orchestra elements, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Old Blind Man" and "Ghost Wanderer". 8 out of 10.
https://ungoliantha.bandcamp.com/album/the-howl-in-the-waste
https://www.facebook.com/ungoliantha/
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