This is a review of a 3 way split album between Italy's Malvento, Malauriu and Japan's Abigail which was released on cassette by Staring Into Darkness and we will start off the review with Malvento who return with their occult style of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a synth orientated intro which also adds in a brief use of spoken word parts before going into a heavier direction. Vocals are mostly grim black metal screams along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats while the music is also heavily rooted in the 90's era.
Throughout their side of the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them as well as the tremolo picking also giving the music more of a raw feeling when it is utilized. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Italian and cover Esotericism and Occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Malvento and if you are a fan of old school and occult black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Signore Del Deserto".
Next up is Abigail who return with their old school mixture of black and thrash metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a very dark, heavy and old school sound while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are presented on their side of the recording. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in an 80's style and the music also mixes in elements of thrash and speed metal.
Touches of t he first wave era can be heard at times along with the vocals also being done in a very old school black emtal screaming style as well as the music also sticking mostly to a faster direction. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover War, Death and Sex themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Abigail and if you are a fan of old school black and thrash metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Gods of Khaos Endless War".
Closing the split is Malauriu who return with their raw and old school style of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with horror movie samples before going into a heavier direction. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams and the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking.
When tremolo picking is utilized it also gives the songs more of a raw feeling along with the vocals also adding in a small amount of growls at times. Throughout their side of the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast part, the music also adds in a lot of 90's influences as well as the solos and leads also remaining true to an old school style and their side of the split closes with a very ritualistic sounding outro. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover death and human misery themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Malauriu and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Evil Lust".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and i would recommend it to all fans of old school black metal. 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Malvento/19664
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Abigail/1282
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Malauriu/3540377670
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