This is a review of a split album between Italy's Mountain Hermit and Malaysia's Silenced Minstrel called "Dark Musings Of The Ages" which was released by Satanica Productions and we will start off the review with Mountain Hermit who returns with his atmospheric style of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with some horror movie style keyboards before going into a heavier direction which also introduces high pitched black metal screams onto the recording. Growls can also be heard at times while the solos and leads are also done in a very dark style and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding along with most of his tracks also being very long and epic in length. Clean playing can also be heard briefly When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling.
All of the drum beats also being programmed, the vocals also have their deep and grim moments and his side of the split closes with a cover of Darkthrone's "Transylvanian Hunger" a song that has been covered too many times and should of probably picked a different cover. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover misanthropy, nihilism, esotericism and mysticism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Mountain Hermit and if you are a fan of atmospheric black metal, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Towers In the Storm".
Next up is Silenced Minstrel a solo project that returns with an occult style of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very fast and raw sound which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are done in mostly an angry black metal style while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody along with the songs also mixing in a decent amount of 90's influences.
Throughout his side of the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. One of the tracks also adds in a brief use of clean playing as well as all of the drum beats also being programmed. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Occultism and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Silenced Minstrel and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Ex Lucis Tenebres".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of atmospheric and occult black metal. 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Mountain_Hermit/3540459875
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Silenced_Minstrel/3540448849
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