Leviathan not to be confused of the more well known U.S.A project of the same name are a solo project from Sweden that plays a very raw, atmospheric and old school form of black metal and this is a review of his 2020 album "Formorkelse" which will be released in October as a joint effort between Nebular Carcoma and Bile Noire.
A very dark sounding synth orientated intro starts off the album before going into more of a heavier and melodic musical direction. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while the guitar solos and leads are done in a very dark yet melodic style when they are utilized. Some of the tracks are also long and epic in length along with the music also having its atmospheric moments as well as a couple of the songs also introducing clean playing and acoustic guitars onto the recording.
As the album progresses synths also make a return in some parts of the music and whispered vocals can also be heard briefly on a couple of songs along with a couple of the later tracks also being instrumentals as well as the music also being heavily rooted in the mid 90's and early 2000's era. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Swedish and cover darkness, suffering and near death-experiences.
In my opinion Leviathan are a very great sounding raw, atmospheric and old school black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Avgrundens Atersken" "Forbannelson" and "Babylons Sand". 8 out of 10.
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