Oros Kau are a solo project form Belgium that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays an occult form of black/death metal and this is a review of his 2023 album "Thanatos" which will be released in September by I, Voidhanger Records.
A very dark, heavy and melodic sound starts off the album while the faster sections of the songs also add in a lot of black metal style tremolo picking and blast b eats which also gives the album more of a raw feeling. Vocals are done in more of a death metal style and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Elements of doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the album along with the riffing also adding in some dissonant structures as well as the solos and leads also being done in a very dark yet melodic style when they are utilized.
One of the tracks also add in a small amount of clean playing, high pitched screams can also be heard in certain sections of the recording as the album progresses and one song also adds in a brief use clear vocals and the closing track shows the music going into more of an avant gare direction. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Goetia, Greek-Egyptian Hermeticism, Astrology, Magick and the writings of Austin Osman Spare.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Oros Kau and if you are a fan of occult black/death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Let Neptune Strike Ye Dead" and "Marbas". 8/5 out of 10.
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/thanatos
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