Varnheim are a band from Poland that plays an atmospheric form of black metal and this is a review of their self released 2022 album "Aura".
A very fast and raw black metal sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are done in mostly a growling style while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody as well as all of the tracks also being very long and epic in length and all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding along with the riffing also adding in some disharmonic structures at times, a couple of the tracks also introduces clean playing onto the recording and as the album progresses a brief use of clear vocals and spoken word parts can also be heard.
Varnheim plays a style of black metal that is very aggressive, atmospheric, modern and disharmonic sounding. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover Aura themes.
In my opinion Varnheim are a very great sounding atmospheric black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Aura I" and "Aura IV". 8 out of 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hlqZsVUwi4&t=1147s
https://varnheim.bandcamp.com/album/aura
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