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Spellsword are a solo project from Portugal that plays a very atmospheric, epic, melodic and progressive form of black metal and this is a review of his 2023 album "Night Of The Grail" which will be released on July 28th by Nox Liberatio Records.
Epic sounding synths start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them and the faster sections of the songs also add in a lot of blast beats.
Vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams while the tremolo picking in the faster riffing also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the music also having its progressive and atmospheric moments.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with a couple of songs also adding in a small amount of acoustic guitars, clean playing and orchestration as well as a couple of tracks also being long and epic in length, clear pagan vocals can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Paganism, Mythology, History and The Holy Grail.
In my opinion Spellsword are a very great sounding atmospheric, epic, melodic and progressive black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Witches Hammer" "Castle Montsalvat" and "Longinus And Gungnir". 8 /5 out of 10.
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