Darkestrah are a band with members from Kyrgyzstan and Germany that h as been featured before in this zine and plays an epic form of black metal and this is a review of t heir 2021 ep "Chong Arky" which will be released in December by Shaytan Productions.
Night sounds start off the ep along with some ethnic style folk instruments a few seconds later which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. The percussions also give the music more of a shamanistic and tribal feeling when they are utilized and the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling. Clean vocals can also be heard briefly along with the recording also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and the music also adds in a small amount of keyboards and also has its atmospheric moments.
On this recording Darkestrah goes for more of a folk influenced style of epic black metal. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics covers Central Asian Paganism, Shamanism and History themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Darkestrah and if you are a fan of folk influenced epic black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Warrior poet". 8 out of 10.
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