Aklash are a band from the United Kingdom that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording moves away from their atmospheric black metal style and going into more of a ritualistic neo-classical direction and this is a review of their self released 2021 album "Horizon" which will be released in June.
Dark soundscapes and neo-classical style synths start off the album while the throat singing also gives the music more of a ritualistic feeling. Percussion can also be heard at t imes along with the music also adding in a good mixture of both male and female choirs as well as the violins also bringing in elements of folk music.
At times the music also captures the atmosphere of a movie soundtrack while the synths also add in influences of dark ambient and dungeon synth. Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with each song also sounding very different from each other as well as the music also adding in a decent amount clean pagan vocals and as the album progresses a brief use of acoustic guitars can also be heard.
On this recording Aklash moves away from the atmospheric black metal style of previous releases and brings in more of a ritualistic mixture of neo-classical, folk, dungeon synth and dark ambient to create something very different. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover Heathenism and Spirituality themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Aklash and while some black metal fans might not like the direction, I can see this album appealing to fans of folk, neo-classical, dungeon synth and dark ambient. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Darkness Unfolds" "Soul Depart" and "Transcend". 8 out of 10.
https://fb.watch/5wNrrnefY6/ - Horizon Video
https://fb.watch/5wQf5OBb6C/ - ‘Darkness Unfolds’
Bandcamp: https://aklash.bandcamp.com/music
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aklashmusic/
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