Tassi are a solo project from China that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a mixture of post black metal and blackgaze and this is a review of his 2022 album Northland III" which will be released in March by Time Tombs Productions.
Clean playing starts off the album along with some elements of post rock a few seconds later while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them. The songs also mix in a great amount of shoegaze influences and the vocals are mostly high pitched depressive black metal screams.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while clear singing is also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording. Spoken word parts are also added on some of the tracks along with a great portion of the songs also being very long and epic in length and acoustic guitars can also be heard at times.
The music also has its atmospheric moments along with synths also being added into certain sections of the album. Whispered vocals can also be heard briefly and when the music finally speeds up a small amount of blast beats can also be heard as well as some songs also adding in a small amount of orchestration. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album involving Tassi from the previous release and his return to the world from mysterious ancient books and his new journey which is also inspired by Buddhist and Esoteric Philosophies.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Tassi and if you are a fan of post black metal and blackgaze, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Star Palace" "Fairy" "Lake Of Fire" and "The Voice of the Luna". 8 out of 10.
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