Denver, Colorado's Malum Mortuus have returned with a live recording which shows the music going for more of a raw and old school style of black metal and this is a review of their self released 2022 album "On The Winding Stairs of Cirith Ungol".
Live spoken word parts start off the album before going into a heavier musical direction while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling. Vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams.
Most of the album is also very heavily rooted in the 90's second wave era while melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with some audience feedback also being added into the background at times.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads also adding in more of an old school metal style when they are utilized as well as one of the songs also being a cover of Nazgul' "Elficidium", clean playing can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Anti Christianity, Norse Mythology, Darkness and Evil themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Malum Mortuus and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal, you should check out this live recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Moon That Never Sets" "Whispers of Evil Omen" and "Mark Of Usurpation". 8 out of 10.
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