Robes Of Snow are a solo project from Pennsylvania that usually goes for more of an ambient style of post black metal and on this recording goes for more of an acoustic folk direction and this is a review of his 2023 album "The Wooden Wheel: Spring And Sorrow" which will b e released in February by Fiadh Prodeuctions.
Clean chants and singing start off the album along with some percussion a few seconds later while grim black metal screams can also be heard briefly. A great portion of the tracks are also very short in length as well as one song also introducing acoustic guitars onto t he recording which also uses a good mixture of full chords and finger picking.
Folk instruments are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording while a great majority of the tracks are also instrumentals. Classical guitars are also added on some of the songs along with one song also adding in some tribal and shamanistic touches to the music and the album also gets more diverse but keeping it in a slower direction, female vocals can also be heard on one track.
On this recording Robes of Snow takes his music into more of an acoustic folk direction as well as only adding elements of black metal on one song. The production sounds very dark while the song themes focus on nature.
In my opinion Robes of Snow are a very great sounding acoustic folk project with touches of black metal and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Return Of The Green" "Rain Atop The Mountain" "Beltane" and "The Paths I've Tread". 8 out of 10.
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