Robes Of Snow are a solo project from Pennsylvania that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording went for an acoustic dark folk direction with touches of black metal and this is a review of his 2022 album "The Wooden Wheel: The Crones Of Autumn" which will be re-issued on September 23, 2023 by Fiadh Productions.
Clear chants and clean vocals start off the album while spoken word parts are also added on some of the tracks. When percussion is utilized they also give the music more of a shamanistic and ritualistic feeling along with the acoustic guitars also taking the recording into more of a folk direction when they are introduced.
A great portion of the tracks are also instrumentals while some of the songs are also very long and epic in length. Spoken word parts can also be heard briefly along with some classical guitars also being added into certain sections of the recording and when other folk instruments are added onto the album they also give the music a lot more diversity, saxophones and female vocals can also be heard briefly.
On this recording Robes of Snow went for more of a dark folk direction which also captures the atmosphere of black metal, The production sounds very dark while t he song themes focus on nature and season changes.
In my opinion t his is another great sounding recording from Robes Of Snow and if you are a fan of dark folk music, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Woodland Echoes" "Leaves Rich In Color" "The Face Of The Trees" and "Wilderness in Autumnity". 8 out of 10.
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