Khold are a band from Norway that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays an old school form of Norwegian black metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Svartsyn" which will be released in June by Soulseller Records.
A very heavy and aggressive Norwegian style starts off the album while the vocals are mostly angry yet grim sounding black metal screams. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them.
When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats van be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. The music also takes an old school style and also updates it for the more modern era along with the mid tempo sections of the album also bringing in elements of black'n'roll as well as one track also introducing clean playing onto the recording, when guitar leads are finally utilized they are also done in a very melodic style and some of the tracks also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
On this recording Khold remain true to the mid tempo style of Norwegian black metal that they have established and previous releases. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Norwegian and cover darkness, death and evil themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Khold and if you are a fan of this band, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Apostel" "Skarpretter" "Manngard" and "Villvandre". 8 out of 10.
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