This is a review of a split ep between Wisconsin's Shroud of Despondency and Michigan's LanzerRath which will be released in May by Northern Spire Productions and we will start off the review with Shroud Of Despondency who return with a very progressive and cosmic form of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a very heavy and atmospheric sound while synths also mix in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the music also getting very progressive sounding at times and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Both of their tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them as well as the solos and leads bringing in more of an extreme old school metal style when they are introduced into the music, clear vocals can also be heard on both tracks. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover moments of despair, reflections on death, dying and living.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Shroud of Despondency and if you are a fan of progressive and cosmic black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "The Source of Multiversal Degrada".
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Next up is LanzerRath who returns with a very raw, atmospheric and cosmic form of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with angry sounding black metal screams and heavy riffing while their track is almost 20 minutes in length. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them and growls can also be heard at times.
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 along with the music also having its atmospheric moments, clean playing can also be heard briefly, when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style and clean playing is also added towards the end. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover madness, misery and mystery with some inspirations from the writings of H.P Lovecraft.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from LanzerRath and if you a re a f an of raw, atmospheric black metal, you should check out their side of the split.
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and would recommend it to all fans of cosmic black metal. 8 out of 10.
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