BlackStream are a band from Italy and on this recording played a very raw and old school form of black metal which also evolves into a more experimental direction and this is a review of their 2023 compilation album "Whispers And Curses...A Journey In Darkness - 2005 -2010" which was released on cassette by Eternal Darkness Creations.
Clean playing starts off the compilation before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the music is also very heavily rooted in the early 90's era and melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing.
Throughout the compilation you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while some of the tracks are also long and epic in length. Some of the songs are also instrumentals along with one song also introducing synths onto the compilation which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the recording at times.
All of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them along with the music also having it's lo-fi moments. Some of the later tracks also show the band working with a more experimental style that later became a huge part of later releases as well as some songs also bringing in elements of ambient, death metal growls can also be heard briefly and on song also adds in a brief use of chaotic sounding guitar leads. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Black Magick and Nihilism themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from BlackStream and if you are a fan of the raw, old school, satanic, occult and experimental styles of black metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Forest Of The Shadows" "The Ugly Witches Dance" "The Return Of The Ancient Spirit" and "Darkest Night of The Sleepless Ghost". 8 out of 10.
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