Liminal Shroud are a band from Vancouver B.C, Canada that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a very atmospheric and depressive form of black metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "All Virtues Ablaze" which will be released in August by Willowtip Records.
Distorted soundscapes start off the album before going into a heavier musical direction while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly high pitched yet depressive black metal screams while all of the songs on the album 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 along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of melody.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when they are utilized as well as a couple of tracks also introducing clean playing onto the recording, clear vocals can also be heard briefly and as the album progresses a brief use of piano's can also be heard. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover hopelessness, despair, resolve and transformation themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Liminal Shroud and if you are a fan of atmospheric and depressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Hypoxic" and "Transmigration II: The Cleansing Ash". 8 out of 10.
https://liminalshroud.bandcamp.com/album/all-virtues-ablaze
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