Gaoth Anair are a solo project from new Zealand that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording played a fantasy themed atmospheric, depressive and raw form of b lack metal and this is a review of his 2004album "Gatherings in The Dark" which will b e re-issued in April by Fiadh Productions.\
Atmospheric sounding synths start off the album and also mix in with the heavier sections of the songs at times as well as mixing in elements of dungeon synth and capturing the atmosphere of an epic fantasy soundtrack. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and the vocals are mostly grim y et depressive sounding black emtal screams.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when t hey are utilized.
Spoken word parts can also be heard briefly along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as one of the tracks also being an instrumental. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Fantasy and Mysticism themes.
In my opinion this was another great sounding recording from Gaoth Anair and if you are a fan of atmospheric, depressive and raw black metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Awoke By The Bloodstone Gate" "Fifth Plague" and "Forgotten Wanderers Ove r the Sea od SOuls". 8 out of 10.
https://gaothanair.bandcamp.com/album/gatherings-in-the-dark-remastered
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