Bloody Valkyria are a solo project from Finland that plays a very epic and melodic form of black metal and this is a review of his 2024 album "Kingdom In Fire" which will be released in September by Northern Silence Productions.
Dark soundscapes start off the album along with some clean playing a few seconds later while also introducing keyboards into the music which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing and a great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Vocals are mostly grim yet angry sounding black metal screams while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Sword battle samples can also be heard briefly along with one song also adding in a brief use of clear singing, when the music speeds up a small amount of blast beats can also be heard.
A couple of the songs are also brief instrumentals as well as one track also showing the vocals mixing in more of a growling approach, When tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the music more of a raw feeling, at times the music captures a very medieval fantasy orientated atmosphere. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover fantasy themes.
In my opinion Bloody Valkyria are a very great sounding epic and melodic black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Flames Upon A Bridge" and "Burning Citadel". 8 out of 10.
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