Valais are a band from Ireland that plays a very malicious and oppressive form of black metal and this is a review of their self titled 2022 album which will be released in March by Signal Rex.
Dark sounding synths start off the album before going into a heavier musical direction while melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the vocals being mostly grim yet high pitched sounding black metal screams and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
When the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
At times the vocals also start getting very deep and angry sounding along with the music also having its atmospheric moments. nature sounds can also be heard briefly as well as the album also adding in a couple of piano and classical guitar interludes before returning back to a heavier direction, spoken word parts and throat singing can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Occultism and Celtic Paganism themes.
In my opinion Valais are a very great sounding malicious and oppressive black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "I" and "V". 8 out of 10.
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