Italy's Malauriu have returned with a new recording which shows the music moving away from black metal and going for more of a mixture of experimental, dark ambient and ritual with some touches of black metal and this is a review of their self titled 2022 album.
Ritualistic percussion and dark ambient style synths and soundscapes start off the album along with some ethnic and tribal style singing and chants a few seconds later. All of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the music also captures the atmosphere of a horror movie soundtrack at times.
Programmed beats can also b e heard in certain sections of the recording while some of the songs also add in a small amount of clean playing. When spoken word parts are utilized they also enhance the ritualistic and occult atmosphere of the music and the album also has its experimental moments.
Electric guitars can also be heard at times along with some operatic female vocals also being utilized briefly as well as the songs also adding in a great amount of samples, touches of Mediterranean music can also be heard at times, all of the songs also sound very different from each other and as the album progresses a small amount of psychedelic sounds can also be heard and guitar solos and leads are also added on the closing track. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover Occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Malauriu and if you are a fan of experimental, dark ambient and ritual that also captures the darkness of black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Morto Era L'Oro" and "L'Oro S'e Fatto". 8 out of 10.
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