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This is a review of an earlier recording from Portugal's Decayed which showed the music going for more of a raw and old school form of black metal and album was originally released in 1993 and called "The Conjuration of The Seventh Circle" and will b e -issued on vinyl in 2024 by Caverna Abismal Records.
A very fast and raw sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them and melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing.
Synths also mix in with the heavier sections of the songs at times while some of the riffing also shows an influence of death metal. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads bringing in more of an aggressive style, acoustic guitars can also be heard on a couple of tracks as well as one track also introducing growls onto the album.
On this recording Decayed played a style of black metal that was very raw and aggressive and was overlooked since the main focus was on Scandinavia at the time. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover Paganism, Mythology, Occultism, Lovecraftian Magick, Left Hand Path and Anti Christianity themes.
In my opinion this was a very great sounding recording from Decayed and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Pagan Winds Return" "Nocturnal Prayers" "Inquisitor's Delight" and "Drums of Valhalla". 8/5 out of 10.
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