This is a review of a split album between Malaysia's Iravu and Mumuksu called "Sudra" which will be released in June as a joint effort between Fiadh Productions and Vita Destablis Records and we will start off the review with Mumuksu a solo project that plays a mixture of drone, funeral doom and black metal.
His side of the split starts out with some bass guitar orientated drones while the slower sections of the riffing also adds in elements of sludge and funeral doom metal. The track is also over 17 minutes in length along with some melodies also being added into the riffing as well as the vocals being done in more of a clear style which also evolve into more of an aggressive screaming direction, clean playing can also be heard briefly and spoken word parts are also added towards the end. The production sounds very dark and heavy and the lyrics cover racial injustice themes.
In my opinion Mumuksu is a very great sounding mixture of drone, black and funeral doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project.
Next up is Iravu a solo project that plays a very atmospheric and progressive form of black metal.
His side of the split starts out with atmospheric sounding synths which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. The track is also over 13 minutes in length while spoken word parts can also be heard briefly along with some melodies also being added into the guitar riffing at times.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can be heard which also gives the song more of a raw feeling. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams as well as the track also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, when clean plying is utilzied it also adds in some progressive touches and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover racial injustice themes.
In my opinion Iravu is a very great sounding atmospheric and progressive black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split.
On the closing track Iravu and Mumuksu team up and mix their 2 different styles together.
The song starts out with some atmospheric sounding synths and drones while the track is also over 23 minutes in length. Elements of doom metal can also be heard in t he slower sections of the song along the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody, all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style as well as the vocals also adding in more of a clear singing style along with some high pitched black metal screams also being utilized at times, when the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the song more of a raw feeling, clean playing can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover the lowest of the Hindu caste system.
In conclusion i feel this is a very great sounding split and i ould recommend it to all fans of black and doom metal. 8 out of 10.
https://mumuksu.bandcamp.com/album/broken-homes-split-w-mokhir
https://iravu.bandcamp.com/album/sudra
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