Auriferous Flame are a solo project from Greece that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a very atmospheric and old school form of black metal and this is a review of his 2023 album "Ardor For Black Mastery" which will be released in October as a joint effort between True Cult Records and Stellar Auditorium Productions.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams as well as most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
A lot of the music is also very heavily rooted in the classic Hellenic style while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. When synths are utilized they also give the album more of an atmospheric touch and some of the tracks also add in a small amount of clean playing.
Elements of thrash metal can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when they are utilized as well as some tracks also adding in a small amount of avant garde, medieval, martial, and psychedelic touches, spoken word parts can also be heard briefly and one song is also an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Hermeticism and Alchemy themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Auriferous Flame and if you are a fan of atmospheric and old school occult black emtal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Wielders Of Secrets" "Ardor For Black Mastery" and "Recommending The Great Work". 8 out of 10.
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