France's solo project Pensees Nocturnes has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a mixture of neo-classical, avant garde and depressive black metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Douce Fange" which will be released on January 21st by Les Acteurs de L'Ombre Productions.
Percussion's and marching style band starts off the album along with a brief use of animal sounds and spoken word parts which also return on later tracks while the music also adds in elements of jazz, tango, circus and musette at times which also gives the recording an avant garde feeling and mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs.
Clear vocals are also added on some of the tracks while the songs also add in a great amount of high pitched depressive black metal screams. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the music also having its psychedelic moments. A great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length as well as a small amount of tremolo picking and blast beats being utilized when the album speeds up which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling and the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in French and cover Old France, Nihilism, Absurdism and Solitude themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Pensees Nocturnes and if you are a fan of avant garde and depressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Quel sale Bourreau" "Le Tango du Vieuloniste" and "Le Semaine Sanglante". 8 out of 10.
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