Austria's Karg have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of an atmospheric style of post black metal with elements of post punk, grunge and shoegaze and this is a review of their 2022 album "Resignation" which will be released in November by AOP Productions.
Clean playing starts off the album along with some synths a few seconds later which also gives the music more of an atmospheric feeling and also mixes in with the heavier sections of t he songs. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic post metal style.
Vocals are mostly done in an angry black metal style while the music also brings in a great amount of shoegaze elements. The riffs also ad d in a lot of melody along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in some tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Stringed instruments and acoustic guitars can also be heard on a few tracks along with some clear vocals also being added into certain sections of the recording. Touches of post punk and grunge can also be heard at times as well as a couple of songs also bringing in a brief use of spoken word parts.
Throughout the album you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and towards the end they also add in a cover of Nothing's "Fieberherz". The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in German and cover melancholy, broken relationships, lost love, estrangement drug abuse, loss, suicidal thoughts and depression themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Karg and if you are a fan of atmospheric post black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Was blebt" and "Generation ohne Abschied". 8 out of 10.
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