This is a review if a split album between Ukraine's Ieschure and Moloch called "Among The Swamps And Darkness" which was released in 2022 by Hate & Murder Productions and we will start off the review with Moloch who returns with her occult style of black metal.
Her side of the split starts out with some ambient style keyboards before going into a heavier musical direction. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling while the music captures a very lo-fi atmosphere at times.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. Spoken word parts can also be heard at times along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, her side of the split also closes with an instrumental. The production sounds very dark and raw and the lyrics cover Occultism, Witchcraft and Death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Ieschure and if you are a fan of occult black metal, you should check out her side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "In Circles of Time" and "Among The Swamps And Darkness".
Next up is Moloch who return with their ambient style of depressive black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with some ambient style synths which also returns on the closing track which is also an instrumental. Vocals are done in mostly a tortured yet depressive black metal style while a couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length, melodies can be heard briefly and all of the music sticks to a slower direction. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Darkness and Desolation themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Moloch and if you are a fan of ambient and depressive black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Lord Of The Dying Sun".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of Ukrainian black metal. 8 out of 10.
https://ieschure.bandcamp.com/album/ieschure-moloch-among-the-swamps-and-darkness
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