Horns & Hooves are a band from New York that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a very raw and old school form of black metal and this is a review of their 2024 ep "Spectral Voyeurism" which will be released in August as a joint effort Stygian Black Hand and Invictus Productions.
A synth orientated into starts off the ep along with some demonic voices a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the music also mixes in elements from both the first and second wave era's of the genre and melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can b e heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Synths are also mixed in with the heavier sections of the songs along with all of the instruments also having a very powerful sound to them and the solos and leads also remain true to an old school yet melodic style.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with a couple of the tracks also being very long and epic in length, keyboards and vibraphone can also be heard at times One song is also an instrumental as well as some spoken word parts, clear vocals and acoustic guitars also being briefly and death metal growls are also added on the closing track. The production sounds very dark and raw while t he lyrics cover Satanism, Demonology, Sex, Perversion and Blasphemy themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Horns & Hooves and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Spectral Voyeurism" and "Dust". 8 out of 10.
http://stygianblackhand.bandcamp.com/album/spectral-voyeurism
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