Greece's Diablery have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of an old school style of occult black metal and moving away from the symphonic elements of previous releases and this is a review of their 2021 album "Candles" which will be released in December by Saturnal Records.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them and the solos and leads are done in a very melodic style.
Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of melody and clean vocals are also added in certain sections of the recording.
Growls can also be heard at times along with the spoken word parts also giving the music more of a ritualistic feeling when they are utilized as well as some songs also adding in a small amount of atmospheric touches, clean playing is also added on one of the tracks and as the album progresses a brief use of synths can also be heard. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover Western Occultism and Philosophy themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Diablery and if you are a fan of old school occult black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Three Torches Lit" "The Coming Fog" and "The Earth Covered my Face". 8 out of 10.
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