Germany's Baxaxaxa have returned with a compilation that displays their raw, old school, occult and satanic black metal style over the past 2 decades and this is a review of their 2024 album "Spells From The Crypt" which consists of 1992, 2019 demo's and 2020 ep.
A synth orientated intro starts off the compilation before going into a heavier direction while the vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams. When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.
Throughout the compilation you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while dark sounding melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing. Synths also mix in with the heavier sections of the songs on a couple of tracks along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them.
A couple of the songs are also very long and epic in length along with the more recent material continuing to expand on the style they had introduced in the 90's mixed in with a more modern heaviness, some of the vocals also adapt a more mid 80's approach. the production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover Anti Christianity, occultism and Satanism themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Baxaxaxa and if you are a fan of raw, old school, occult and satanic black metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Church Of The Antichrist" "Bells of Charon" and "Revelation in Son". 8 out of 10.
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