Mara are a band from Sweden that plays an anti cosmic form of pagan black metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Loka Mær" which was released by Immortal Frost Productions.
A nature orientated intro starts off the album along with some ritualistic style drumming and chants before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats and all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.
Vocals ar e mostly high pitched black metal screams while melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads also remaining true to a more raw style when they are utilized as well as having t heir melodic moments, a couple of the tracks also adds in a brief use of clean playing.
Mara plays a style of pagan black metal that is more raw and aggressive than most bands of the genre as well as leaning more towards the left hand path side of paganism. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Swedish and cover Thursian Sorcery, Chaos Gnosticism and Norse Paganism themes.
In my opinion Mara are a very great sounding anti cosmic pagan black metal b and and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Mara" and "hel". 8 out of 10.
Website: https://www.galderofmara.com
Bandcamp: https://mara-sweden.bandcamp.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/MARAblackmetal
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6x-7WbcsX8bxGcSqCUX_A
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KlUYorJkS3ocKwqt46EN5?si=q-IrcUpgQZuSqwKWXFJaTg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mara.sweden
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