Gelkhammer are a band from Italy that plays a very raw form of black metal and this is a review of their 2020 album "The Sword Of Gelfisher" which was released as a joint effort between Xenoglossy Productions and Cossyra Tapes.
Clean playing starts off the album before going into a heavier musical direction before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while a couple of the tracks are also long and epic in length. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very dark yet melodic style along with the music also adding in a good balance between old school and modern influences as well as one track also adding in a brief use of lo-fi style synths.
Gelkhammer plays a style of black metal that is very raw and traditional sounding. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Local Folklore, History and Archaeology themes.
In my opinion Gelkhammer are a very great sounding raw black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Daughter Of The Wind" and "The Sword of Gelfisher". 8 out of 10.
https://xenoglossyproductions.bandcamp.com/album/the-sword-of-gelfiser
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