Valravn are a band from Finland that plays a very raw and old school form of black metal and this is a review of their 2020 album "Prey" which will be released in December by Primitive Reaction.
An acoustic guitar intro starts off the album while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. During the faster sections of the songs a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the music more of a raw feeling and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
The songs also add in a decent amount of melody while the tracks also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. On some tracks the vocals also add in more of a deeper yet angrier approach along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them and as the album progresses acoustic guitars also make a return in certain sections of the recording and whispers can also be heard briefly.
Valravn plays a style of black metal that is very raw and old school in the classic Finnish and 90's second wave tradition. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover dark themes.
In my opinion Valravn are a very great sounding raw and old school black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Throne Of Blood" "Evoke The Fire" and "The Raven". 8 out of 10.
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