North are a band from Poland that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for a mixture of pagan black and death metal and this is a review of their 2024 ep "We Are, We Remain..." which will be released on April 29 by Pagan Records.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the ep while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and the vocals add in a mixture of high pitched black metal screams and death metal growls.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they bring in more of an old school extreme metal style while most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them and the ep closes with a cover of Bathory's "A Fine Day To Die" which also adds in a brief use of clean playing and clear vocals.
On this recording North adds elements of death metal into their pagan style of black metal to create a very aggressive sounding recording. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics are written in Polish and cover Pagan Lore, history of the works of poet Roman Zmorski.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from North and if you are a fan of pagan black and death metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Czas by powstall" and "Hymn To Winter". 8 out of 10.
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