France's Penitence Onirique has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an occult form of post black metal and this is a review of their 2023 album "Nature Morte" which will be released in November by les Acteurs de L'Ombre Productions.
Atmospheric sounding keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the tracks more of a raw feeling and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Melodies are also added into the guitar riffing along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style.
Growls can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with one song also introducing angry shouts onto the album. Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with a couple of songs also adding in a small amount of clean playing, spoken word parts can also be heard briefly and one track is also an instrumental and clear vocals are also added towards the end. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Alchemy, Occultism, Esoteric, Self Discovery and Philosophical themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Penitence Onirique and if you are a fan of occult post black metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Les mammonites" and "Pharmakos". 8 out of 10.
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