This is a review of a split ep between Florida's Grave Gnosis and California's Hvile I Kaos called "Towards The Nameless Darkness" which was released by Red Nebula and we will start off the review with Grave Gnosis who return with their occult style of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with some ritualistic soundscapes before going into a heavier musical direction. Vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal s creams while the keyboards also give the music more of a symphonic touch and when the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats.
When tremolo picking is utilized they also give the songs more of a raw feeling along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style. All of the musical instruments on t heir side of the recording also have a very powerful sound to them as well as the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, melodies are also added into some of the riffing and both of the tracks are long and epic in length. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Occultism and Death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Grave Gnosis and if you are a fan of occult black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Vultures".
Next up is Hvile I Kaos who returns with his cellestic mixture of occult black metal, ritual and chamber music.
His side of the split starts out with some tribal style drumming along with some cello's a few seconds later. Elements of chamber music can also be heard quite a bit throughout his side of the recording and take the role as being the lead instrument and the ritualistic chants also add in touches of black metal as well as some acoustic guitars also being utilized on both songs and both of the tracks are also long and epic in length. The production sounds very dark while the song themes focus on the Left Hand Path and the Occult.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording f rom Hvile I Kaos and if you are a fan of occult black metal and ritualistic chamber music, you should check out his side of t he split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Locusts".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and would recommend it to all fans of occult black metal and ritualistic chamber music. 8 out of 10.
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