Finland/Netherlands's Iku-Turso have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of an old school style of pagan black metal and this is a review of their 2021 ep "At The Crack Of Dawn" which was released by Korpituli Productions.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the ep along with some grim black metal screams a few seconds later. When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling along with some atmospheric sounding synths in the background.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era. The songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style as well as one of t he tracks also being a cover of Ulver's "Wold And The night".
On this recording Iku-Turso remain true to the old school style of pagan black metal that they have established on previous releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Dutch and cover paganism, darkness and death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Iku-Turso and if you are a fan of old school pagan black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "At The Crack of Dawn". 8 out of 10.
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