Skverna Liniya are a solo project from Russia that plays a very atmospheric and progressive form of black metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "In A Garland Of Wax" which will be released in October as a joint effort between Casus Belli Musica and Beverina Productions.
Atmospheric sounding synths start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. When the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
When tremolo picking is utilized it also gives the music more of a raw feeling while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
At times the music also gets very progressive sounding along with some songs also adding in a small amount of clean playing. One song also introduces melodic vocals onto the album as well as a couple of tracks also being very long and epic in length, whispers can also be heard briefly and the album also closes with an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are based upon the writings of Boris Poplavsky a Russian poet in exile.
In my opinion Skverna Liniya are a very great sounding atmospheric and progressive black metal solo project an d if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Rustle of Smoldering Life" and "In Forgotten Wide Spaces". 8 out of 10.
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