Malaysia's Silenced Minstrel has returned with a new recording which consists of re-mixed versions of songs from his first 3 albums and this is a review of his self released 2020 album "Volume 6- An Ode To A Sickening Year".
A very heavy sound with goth style keyboards start off the album while the slower sections of the music also show an influence of 90's era doom/death metal. Vocals are done in a very aggressive screaming style along with some shouts also being utilized at times and spoken word parts can also be heard in certain sections of the recording.
Black metal screams are also utilized at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. All of the drum beats are also programmed along with some of the tracks also adding in a small amount of clean playing and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Throughout the compilation you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some of the riffing also showing an influence of thrash metal as well a couple tracks also being very long and epic in length Whispered vocals can also be heard briefly and when guitar solos and leads are finally utilized they are also done in a very melodic yet old school style, a later track also adds in a brief use of death metal growls. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover occultism, immortality, vampirism, forbidden love and depression themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Silenced Minstrel which shows a completely different style from the previous recordings I have reviewed and if you are a fan of black and gothic metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Chaos, Revisited" "Another black year" "Black Hearted Mystic" and "In Memoriam: October Skies". 8 out of 10.
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