Häxanu are a duo from Pennsylvania that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays an occult form of black metal and this is a review of his 2023 album "Totenpass" which will be released by in February Amor Fati Productions.
Water sounds and acoustic guitars start off the album before going into more of a heavier and melodic musical direction. All of the instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while t he faster sections of t he songs also ad d in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling.
Vocals a re mostly high pitched black metal screams while the song also adds in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. At times the vocals also go into more of a deep and angrier direction along with a great portion of the tracks also being very long and epic in length and the music also shows some influences of the classic Nordic and Hellenic styles of the genre.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the synths also giving the music more of an atmospheric feeling when they are utilized as well as some tracks also adding in a small amount of clean playing and a later track is also a brief acoustic instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Occultism, Darkness and Death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Häxanu and if you are a fan of occult black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Death Euphoria" and "Totenpass". 8 out of 10.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/H%C3%A4xanu/3540464099
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