This is a review of a split ep between U.S.A's Fornicus and Ofstingan which was released as a joint effort between Life After Death and Dark Horizon Records and we will start off the review with Fornicus who returns with a blasphemous mixture of black and death metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a very distorted sound before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the songs also add in a lot of 90's influences and bestial growls are also utilized at times.
Dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with some elements of war metal also being utilized times. All of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them as with the solos and leads also being done in a very chaotic style when they are used briefly and the music also adds in a small amount of slow and mid tempo sections, clean vocals are also added on one of the tracks. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover dark, blasphemous and anti religion themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Fornicus and if you are a fan of fast and blasphemous black and death metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Hellfucked".
Next up is Ofstingan a band that plays a very raw form of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a very fast and raw sound which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the music also adds in a great amount of 90's influences and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a small amount of dark sounding melodies also being utilized briefly and all of the music also sticks to a heavier direction. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Blasphemy and Anti Christianity themes.
In my opinion Ofstingan are a very great sounding raw black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Fallen Revenge". 8 out of 10.
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of the faster forms of black metal. 8 out of 10.
https://fornicus.bandcamp.com
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Ofstingan:
https://ofstingan.bandcamp.com
https://instagram.com/ofstingan
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