Dikasterion are a band from Belgium that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays an old school form of black metal and this is a review of their 2023 ep "Chaos As A New World" which will b e released in September by Amor Fati Productions.
A very apocalyptic sounding intro starts off the ep before going into a heavier musical direction while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams. Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the mid 90's era along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and clean playing can also be heard briefly.
Spoken word parts can also be heard briefly while the faster sections of the songs also bring in elements of war metal, tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling. The songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads also remaining true to an old school style.
All of t he musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them and most of the music sticks to a mid tempo direction. as well as the closing song also adding in some Spanish guitars, folk instruments, synths and clear vocals. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover war, chaos and medieval themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Dikasterion and if you are a fan of old school black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Perdition's Call" and "Rites of Conviction". 8 out of 10.
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