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This is a review of a split album between U.SA's Sardonic Witchery and Brazil's Héia called "Ordeal Of The Abyss" which was released in 2022 as a joint effort between Total Darkness Propaganda and Sutsircitna Productions and we will start of the review with Sardonic Witchery a solo project that has been featured in this zine and plays an old school form of satanic black metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very fast and raw sound which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are done in mostly a g rim black metal style which also shows an influence of the first wave era of the genre and the music also brings in elements of thrash metal.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they also remain true to an old school style along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics are written in Portuguese and cover Satanism, Vampirism and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Sardonic Witchery and if you are a fan of old school satanic black metal, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Mulher Excarlate" and "Rei Vampiro".
Next up is Héia a band that plays a satanic form of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with some spoken word samples and dark soundscapes along with some acoustic guitars a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams and the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of blast beats.
When tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the songs more of a raw feeling along with the music also being very heavily rooted in the early 90's era. Spoken word parts can also b e heard briefly as well as the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing, clean playing and synths are also added on the closing track. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Satanism and Occultism themes.
In my opinion Héia are a very great sounding satanic black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Precipice Between The Phenomenal And Noumenal" and " The Supreme Manifestation Of The Black Flame".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of old school, occult and satanic black metal. 8 out of 10.
Follow:
www.metal-archives.com/bands/ Sardonic_Witchery / www.metal-archives.com/bands/HéiaBandcamp: https://sardonic-witchery. bandcamp.com / https://heiaoficial.bandcamp. com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ sardonic666witchery / www.facebook.com/HeiaOfficial
Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/ SARDONICWITCHERY / www.youtube.com/heidraofficial
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/ artist/1LEW5LfexfIAf0rtRaFTf1 / https://open.spotify.com/ artist/0SthWuLWBsOZ2dY5Srjblq
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