This is another review of an earlier recording from Sweden's Svartsyn which was also in the raw and satanic style of black metal, the album was originally released in 2000 and called "...His Majesty" and the re-issue will be released in August, 2022 by Nomad Snakepit Productions and also consists of 1998 ep "Tormentor" and an unreleased track that never made the recording.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the riffs also adding in some melodies at times.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the guitar leads when they are finally utilized are also done in a very chaotic style. All of the music sticks to a heavier direction along with one of the tracks also being very long and epic in length as well as the bonus tracks also showing a slight influence of thrash metal and one track also adds in a brief use of keyboards.
On this recording Svartsyn brought in a very raw style of satanic black metal and was one of the most aggressive releases that they had released at the time. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Satanism, Death Worship, Darkness and Misanthropy themes.
In my opinion this was another great sounding recording from Svartsyn and if you are a fan of raw, old school and satanic black metal, you should check out this re-release. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Apocalyptic Prophecy" "Nekromantic Flesh" and "Throne Of the Antichrist". 8 out of 10.
https://nomadsnakepit.bandcamp.com/album/his-majesty
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