U.S.A's Xasthur has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a mixture of depressive black metal and neo-folk and this is a review of his 2023 double album "Inevitably Dark" which will be released in June as a joint effort between Prophecy Productions and Lupus Lounge.
A very dark, heavy and atmospheric sound starts off the album while keyboards are also mixed in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. All of the drums are also programmed along with all of the musical instruments also sounding very powerful as well as all of the tracks also being instrumentals.
Folk instruments and acoustic guitars are also added on some of the tracks and also takes the music into more of a neo-folk direction with touches of doomgrass and Americana. At times the keyboards give the songs more of a dark ambient and dungeon synths atmosphere and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
When the music finally speeds up a small amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling. Some of the mid tempo riffing also shows an influence of death metal as well as one song also adding in a touch of psychedelia and the production sounds very dark and raw.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Xasthur and if you are a fan of both the depressive black metal and neo-folk era's of the solo project, you should check out this double album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Future To Fear" "Livre Like A Broken Mirror" "Inevitably Dark" and "Projection af Inferiority II". 8 out of 10.
Inevitably Dark” / “Euphoric Bad Trip”
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