Velka are a band from Spain that plays a very raw and aggressive form of black metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Purgatori Ignis Ludicium" which will be released on November 30th as a joint effort between Base Record Production and Necromance Records.
Nature sounds and field recordings start off the album before going into a heavier musical direction. 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 and the riffs also add in a great amount of melody.
Vocals are a mixture of high pitched black metal screams and deep death metal growls while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
The songs also add in a decent mixture of both old school and modern influences along with the music also having its atmospheric moments as well as some of the riffing also showing an influence of mid 90's Swedish style as well as the guitar leads going into more of a melodic direction when they are utilized, whispers can also be heard briefly and a couple of songs also introduces keyboards and clean playing onto the album. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover darkness, death, pain, chaos and metaphysical themes.
In my opinion Velka are a very great sounding aggressive black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Eternal Hate Awakens" and "Lake Of Forgetfulness". 8/2 out of 10.
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