Netherlands's solo project Verwoed has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an atmospheric and psychedelic form of black metal and this is a review of his 2024 album "The Mother" which will be released in March as a joint effort between Wolves Of Hades and Aregento Records.
Tribal style percussion and drums start off the album along with some folk instruments a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. At times the music also gets very psychedelic and atmospheric sounding while clear chants can also be heard briefly and melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing.
Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them. When guitar solos and leads are utilzied they are also done in a very melodic style along with most of the tracks also being very long and epic in length.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing as well as the tracks also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, acoustic guitars and clean playing can also be heard briefly and a couple of tracks are also instrumentals. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the dark night of the soul.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Verwoed and if you are a fan of atmospheric and psychedelic black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The mother" and "Death in A Rosary". 8 out of 10.
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