Wraithlord are a solo project from Flint, Michigan that plays a very raw and atmospheric form of black metal and this is a review of his self released 2020 album "Kingdom Of The Spiders".
Atmospheric sounding keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing 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 high pitched black metal screams while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with one track also adding in a brief use of programmed beats.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with one song also introducing clean playing onto the album. Growls can also be heard briefly as well as couple of tracks also adding in a brief use of acoustic guitars, clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording and when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic style and one track is also an instrumental and as the album progresses a small amount of folk instruments and spoken word parts can also be heard. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover nature, hatred and depression themes.
In my opinion Wraithlord are a very great sounding raw and atmospheric black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Traumatic Insemination" "Faces From The Haunted Sea" and "Transcription Of The Soul". 8 out of 10.
https://wraithlord.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-of-the-spiders-remastered
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