This is a review of another recording from Poland's North which continues the raw style of pagan black metal from the previous reviewed release and the album was originally released in 1998 and called "From The Dark Past" which was re-issued in 2021 by Black Death Production.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the vocals being mostly grim yet high pitched black metal screams and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the guitar riffing is very power chord orientated. When guitar leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic style along with some songs also adding in a small amount of clean playing as well as the riffs also adding melodies in certain sections of the recording as well as one song also introducing spoken word parts into the music, as the album progresses a brief use of synths can also be heard.
On this recording North showed a great amount of progress from t heir previous release and taking there style of raw pagan black metal into a different direction. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Paganism, Nature, Darkness, War and Battle themes.
In my opinion this was another great sounding recording form North and if you are a fan of pagan black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "My Pagan Love" "Through By Blood" and "In The Circle Of kings". 8 out of 10.
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