Apocalyptic Leaders are a solo project from Greece that recently had music reviewed in this zine and on this recording plays a very raw, melodic and atmospheric form of black metal and this is a review of his 2021 album "The Worst Punishment" which was released on cassette by The Blood Offering.
Atmospheric sounding synths start off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while the vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams.
The riffs also add in a great amount of melody while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. All of the drum beats are also programmed along with the music also adding in a decnet mixture of both old school and modern influences as well as adding in some elements of post black metal at times, one of the tracks is also an instrumental.
On this album Apocalyptic Leaders mixes the raw, atmospheric, melodic and post styles of black metal to create an album that is even darker than his previous release. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover dark and violent themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Apocalyptic Leaders and if you are a fan of raw, melodic and atmospheric black metal, you should check out this cassette. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Worst Punishment" "Sharp Knife" and "Endless Ignorance". 8 out of 10.
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