This is a review of a 3 way split album between United Kingdom's Arx Atrata, Bleakwater Shrine and Arx Silvestris called "The Warrior Cycle" which will be self released in April, 2021 and we will start off the review with Bleakwater Shrine a solo project that plays an instrumental mixture of post black and doom metal.
Their side of the split starts out with some clean playing along with some atmospheric sounding synths a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. Elements of doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs and both of their tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Melodies are also added in some of the guitar riffing along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style as well as the faster sections of the songs also adding in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling, the tracks also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while acoustic guitars can also be heard on his second track and the production sounds very dark and heavy.
In my opinion Bleakwater Shrine are a very great sounding instrumental mixture of post black and doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Desolation".
Next up is Arx Silverstris a solo project that plays ambient.
His side of the split starts out with some dark ambient style synths and soundscapes while also adding in a variety of many different sounding keys as well as being all instrumental and short in length and the production sounds very dark.
In my opinion Arx Silverstris are a very great sounding ambient solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Solitude".
Next up is Arx Atrata a solo project that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays an instrumental and atmospheric form of post black metal.
His side of the split starts out with some clean playing while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Synths are also mixed in with the heavier sections of the songs which also gives the music more of an atmospheric feeling and both of his tracks are also very long and epic in length.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic post metal style along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody. The songs also bring in a great amount of black metal elements as well as sticking to mostly a slow or mid paced direction before speeding up towards the end and adding in some tremolo picking and blast beats and the production sounds very dark.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Arx Atrata and if you are a fan of instrumental and atmospheric post black metal, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Succession". 8 out of 10.
In conclusion I feel this is very great sounding split and would recommend it to all fans of ambient, instrumental and post black and doom metal. 8 out of 10.
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