West Virginia's duo Nechochwen have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of a progressive and folk influenced form of black metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Kanawha Black" which will be released in may by Bindrune Recordings.
A very heavy and aggressive sound starts off the album while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Clear vocals can also be heard in some parts of the recordings while the songs also add in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with some of the riffing also showing influences of other metal style as well as the songs also adding in some classical instrumentation.
At times the music also gets very progressive sounding along with the solos and leads are being done in a very melodic yet traditional metal style. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them as well as some tracks also adding in elements of folk music and acoustic guitars, growls, whispers and spoken word parts can also be heard in certain sections of the album. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Native American Traditions, Rituals, History and Nature themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Nechochwen and if you are a fan of progressive and folk influenced black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Kanawha Black" "Visions, Dreams And Signs" and "Across The Divide". 8 out of 10.
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