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This is a review of a 3 way split album between Portugal's Decayed, Caixão and U.S.A's Cemetery Lights called "Heralds Of The Duat" which was released by Down With The Most High Productions and we will start off the review with Decayed who return with their old school style of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a very dark medieval war orientated intro before going into a heavier direction. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the old school era along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them. Synths also can be heard at times along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and the solos and leads bring in more of a mid 80's to early 90's style, melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover the underworld and the reign of the dead (Duat) in Ancient Egypt.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Decayed and if you are a fan of old school black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Gates Of The Dead".
Next up is Caixão a solo project that plays a minimalistic form of black/death metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very ritualistic synth orientated intro before going into a heavier direction. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also givers the music more of a raw feeling.
Vocals bring in more of a whispered black/.death metal style along with the solos and leads also sticking to more of an old school style. The songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the music also being heavily rooted in the early 90's era, acoustic guitars can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover the underworld and the reign of the dead (Duat) in Ancient Egypt.
In my opinion Caixão is a very great sounding minimalistic mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Serapeum".
Next up is Cemetery Lights a solo project that returns with his old school style of occult black metal.
His side of the split starts out with a very heavy early 90's influenced style while the vocals bring in a style that mixes black metal screams and deep growls together. A lot of the music is also rooted in the classic Hellenic style along with some clean playing also being utilized briefly and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the tracks also adding in a decent amount of clean playing, when the music finally speeds up a decent amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can also be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover the underworld and the reign of the dead (Duat) in Ancient Egypt.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Cemetery Lights and if you are a fan of old school occult black metal, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Conspiracy With The Gods".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and i would recommend it to all fans of old school occult black metal, 8 out of 10.
BANDCAMP: https://downwiththemosthigh1.bandcamp.com/album/heralds-of-the-duat
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