Siculicidium are a band from Romania that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays black metal with some elements of punk, folk, thrash and doom metal and this is a review of their 2009 album "Utolso vagta az Univerzumban" which will be re-issued in November of 2019 by Sun & Moon Records.
A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album while most of the tracks are very long and epic in length. Vocals are done in mostly a grim black metal style along with the acoustic guitars also adding elements of folk music onto the recording when they are utilized and synths can also be heard in certain sections of the recording.
All of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them while the music also adds in touches of goth, death rock and post punk at times. Spoken word parts can also be heard on some of the tracks along with the tremolo picking also giving the songs more of a raw feeling when it is utilized.
Elements of black'n'roll can also be heard in some of the mid tempo sections of the songs along with influences of doom and thrash metal being added onto the recording as the album progresses, a later track also introduces guitar leads into the music. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Hungarian and cover historical, occult, symbolic, folklore and death themes.
In my opinion this was another great sounding recording from Siculicidium and if you are a fan of Eastern European black metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Halvanyan az ido ellen" and "Lebomlas, lelassulas". 8 out of 10.
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