Sweden's Shining has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a mixture of depressive black and doom metal with some elements of progressive rock and this is a review of their self titled 2023 album which will b e released in September by Napalm Records.
Dark soundscapes start off the album before going into a heavier musical direction wile most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. Elements of doom metal can also b e heard in the slower sections of the songs along with the vocals being mostly angry yet depressive sounding black emtal screams.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while clean playing is also added on some of the tracks. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with some songs also adding in a small amount of clear vocals.
Touches of progressive rock can also be heard at times along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats and tremolo picking which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling as well as one song also introducing keyboards onto the album which also shows some influences of jazz and classical music and they also bring in an Erik Satie cover. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Swedish and cover self destruction, suicide and violence themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Shining and if you are a fan of this band, you should enjoy this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Snart är dom alla borta" and "Den permanenta sömnen kallar". 8 out of 10.
HOMEPAGE
NAPALM RECORDS
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