This is a review of a split album between Greece's Apocalyptic Leaders and U.S.A's Ashes Of Old called "Illusionary Spectre" which was self release d in 2023 and we will start off the review with Apocalyptic leaders a solo artist who returns with his atmospheric, melodic and raw form of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with raw tremolo picking while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of blast beats. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and the solos and leads are also done in a vey melodic style.
All of the musical instruments on his side of t he recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with some of the riffing also adding in a small amount of punk elements as well as the music also having its atmospheric moments. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover fear, pain and occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Apocalyptic Leaders and if you are a fan of atmospheric, melodic and raw black metal, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Demon, The Son of The Witch".
Next up is Ashes Of Old a solo project that plays a very atmospheric and melodic form of black metal.
His side of the split start s out with heavy riffing and blast b eats along with some synths a few seconds later. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the vocals are done in mostly a growling style and the tremolo picking also gives the songs more of a raw black metal feeling.
Throughout his side of the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads also being done in more of a melodic style, high pitched screams can also be heard at times, clear vocals can also b e heard briefly. The production sounds very dark, raw and lo-fi while t he lyrics cover mountains, forests and mysticism themes.
In my opinion Ashes of Old are a very great sounding atmospheric and melodic black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Forest mysterium".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of atmospheric, melodic and raw black emtal. 8 out of 10.
https://apocalypticleaders.bandcamp.com/album/apocalyptic-leaders-ashes-of-old-illusionary-spectre-split
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