This is a review of a 3 way split album between France's Bannwald, Austria's Uruk-Hai and Finland's Druadan Forest called "Kingdoms Long Gone" which will be released in February, 2020 by Antiq and we will start off the review with Bannwald a solo project that plays dungeon synth.
His side of the split starts out with a very medieval dungeon synth style while all of his tracks are also instrumentals. The synths also bring in a variety of many different sounding keys while also adding in some elements of dark ambient and neo-classical as well as adding in a good amount of programmed beats.
All of the tracks are sound very different from each other along with the music also sounding very tribal at times as well as capturing the atmosphere of a fantasy movie soundtrack. The closing track is very long and epic in length while the production also sounds very dark.
In my opinion Bannwald are a very great sounding dungeon synth solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Kingdom Long Gone".
Next up is Uruk-Hai who moves away from the ambient style of black metal of previous releases to focus more on a dungeon synth style.
His side of the split starts out with some programmed yet militant beats while all of his tracks are very long and epic in length.At times his music also gets a little bit more experimental than most artists of this genre as well as mixing in a great amount of dungeon synth elements.
The synths also add in touches of dark ambient along with a variety of many different sounding keys. Both of his tracks are very long and epic in length and also sound very different from each other while also both of them being very long and epic in length and instrumental, the closing track also adds in a small amount of guitars while the production sounds very dark.
In my opinion this is another great sounding Uruk-Hai and if you are a fan of dungeon synth, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Orkish Hymn".
Next up is Druadan Forest who also moves away from an ambient style of black emtal to focus more on a dungeon synth style.
His side of the split starts out with some atmospheric sounding drones while his track is over 19 minutes in length. Spoken word parts are also added into some parts of the track along with the song also mixing in a great amount of dungeon synth elements and the synths also add in a variety of many different sounding keys.
At times the music also captures the atmosphere of a fantasy movie soundtrack along with the synths also adding in a variety of many different sounding keys and the music also adds in a decent amount of programmed beats. The music also captures a very medieval atmosphere while the production also sounds very professional
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Druadan Forest and if you are a fan of dungeon synth, you should check out his side of the split.
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of ambient black metal and dungeon synth. 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Druadan_Forest/3540416153
https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/band/Uruk-Hai_(AUT)
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