Nocrul are a band from Hungary that h as been featured before in this zine and plays a more of an old school and traditional form of black metal on these recordings before going into more of an atmospheric direction on later releases and this is a review of their 2020 compilation album "The Apocalypse Of Mankind" which was released by NGC Productions and consists of their 2013 and 2015 ep's "The Four Rides Of The Apocalypse" and "The Darkness of Mankind".
Raw tremolo picking starts off the compilation before going into a faster musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and the music also adds in a lot of old school influences.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very chaotic yet melodic style while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody. All of the musical instruments on the compilation also have a very powerful sound to them along with one song also adding in a brief use of spoken word parts, the music on the second ep also sticks to the raw and old school black metal style of the first release as well as also introducing some more atmospheric elements and one track also introduces synths onto the recording.
On this compilation Nocrul show 2 different sides to their style which shoes them going for more of a raw and old school black metal style on the first ep and going into a more atmospheric direction on the second release. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover apocalyptic themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Nocrul and if you are a fan of old school and atmospheric black metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "White Horse" "Pale Horse" "Children of Misrule" and "Planet Of The Eternal Darkness". 8 out of 10.
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