Witchbones are a solo project from Portland, Oregon that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a bestial mixture of war, black and death metal and this is a review of his 2019 demo compilation album "Akasha II: The Lost Demos" which was released by Death Prayer Records.
Ritualistic soundscapes start off the compilation along with a brief use of dark sounding synths before going into a heavier musical direction. Vocals a re mostyl bestial yet cavernous sounding growls while t he slower sections of the songs also show an influence of 90's era doom/death metal and when t he music speeds up a great amount of blast b eats can be heard.
War metal elements and tremolo picking can be heard in the faster sections of the songs which also gives the music more of a raw feeling. Black metal screams can also be heard at times along with the tracks also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, one song also adds in a brief use of whispered vocals and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very chaotic style, spoken word parts can also be heard briefly.
On this compilation Witchbones showed the early beginnings of his bestial mixture of war, black and death metal. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism and Witchery themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Witchbones and if you are a fan of war and bestial black/death metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Keeper of The Keys" "Goddess Of Black Magick" and "Blood Sea Waves". 8 out of 10.
https://deathprayerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/akasha-ii-the-lost-demos
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