Germany's solo project Horn has returned with a new collection which shows the music going for more of a melodic style of pagan black metal and this is a review of his 2023 compilation album "20 Jahre" which will be released in may by Northern Silence Productions.
Clean playing starts off the compilation before going into more of a heavier and melodic musical direction. Vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams while the solos and leads also add in a great amount of melody and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while some synths also add in a small amount of synths. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can be heard which also gives the compilation more of a raw feeling and one song also introduces clear pagan vocals into the music.
Throughout the compilation you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with clean playing also making a return on one of the later tracks as well as some acoustic guitars and cello's also being utilized briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in a mixture of German and English and cover nature, history, folklore, illness and mankind themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Horn and if you are a fan of melodic pagan black metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Fading Landscape's Glory" and "The Grandest of All Blades". 8 out of 10.
Bandcamp: https://hornlichterlischt. bandcamp.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ HornOfficial
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