Nocturnal Departure are a band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that plays a very raw and old school form of black metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Cathartic Black Rituals" which was released by Death Prayer Records.
A very dark and ritualistic sounding intro starts off the album along with some synths and demonic voices before going into a heavier musical direction. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them and the faster sections of the songs also add in a lot of blast beats.
When tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the album more of a raw feeling while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's second wave era along with the riffs also adding in a small amount of melody at times.
Growls can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the solos and leads also remaining true to an old school style when they are finally introduced into the music, depressive touches can also be heard in some of the screams. The production sounds very dark and r aw while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Rituals and Evil themes.
In my opinion Nocturnal Departure are a very great sounding raw and old school black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dismal Existence" "Mental Abyss" "Monolithic Decay" and "Insidious Strangulation". 8 out of 10.
https://deathprayerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/cathartic-black-rituals
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