This is a review of a split album between Poland's Black Altar and Norway's Kirkebrann called "Deus Inversus" which will be released on June 30th by Odium records and we will start off the review with Black Altar who returns with their satanic style of black metal.
Their side of the split starts off with a very dark and ritualistic sound along with a brief use of evil sounding chants before going into a very fast, raw and melodic musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Choir vocals can also be heard briefly as well as the guitar solos and leads being done in a very dark yet melodic style. At times the vocals also bring in more of deep yet aggressive approach and all of the songs also sound very modern sounding and synths can also be heard on the outro. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, Misanthropy, Darkness and Evil themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Black Altar and if you are a fan of satanic black emtal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Ancient Warlust".
Next up is Kirkebrenn who return with a very traditional and blasphemous style of black emtal.
Their side of the split starts out with some heavy riffing and grim yet high pitched black metal screams. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very dark yet melodic style along with a brief use of clean singing and blast beats can also be heard in the faster sections of the songs.
When tremolo picking is utilized it also gives the songs more of a raw feeling along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. The music also adds in a good balance between old school and modern influences, melodies are also added in some of the guitar riffing and classical guitars are also added on the closing track which is also an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Norwegian and cover blasphemy, darkness and winter themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Kirkebrann and if you are a fan of raw and melodic black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Et Nederlag". 8 out of 10.
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of raw, melodic and satanic black metal. 8 out of 10.
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