This is a review of a split cassette between Czechia's Konklave and Zmarchrob which was released by Sepulchraphon Samizdat Records and we will start off the review with Konklave a solo project that plays a very old school form of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very powerful sounding bass guitar sound along with some whispers a few seconds later which evolve into grim black metal screams. Keyboards can also be heard at times while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody as well as the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style, all of the music also sticks to either a slow and mid tempo direction and is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics are written in Czech and cover dark themes.
In my opinion Konklave are a very great sounding old school black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Ministrat".
Next up is Zmarchrob who returns with his raw and old school style of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with some spoken word parts before going into more of a heavier and melodic musical direction. Female vocals can also be heard briefly while high pitched black metal screams are also very huge part of his side of the recording as well as some Gregorian chants also being utilized for a few seconds.
On the second track the music also goes into more of a faster direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling, the music is also very heavily rooted in the early 90's era. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Czech and cover medieval and witchcraft themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Zmarchrob and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Posledni soud".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of raw and old school black metal. 8 out of 10.
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