Hrad are a band from France that has been featured before in t his zine and on this recording plays an atmospheric and medieval form of black metal with elements of dungeon synth and this is a review of their self released 2024 album "Leaving The Ancient Times Behind" which will be released on November 15th.
Synths start off the album and also brings in elements of dungeon synth along with some clean playing a few seconds later. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style as well as the vocals being mostly high pitched black metal screams.
At times the album also gets very atmospheric sounding while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Clear singing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording and when the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the clean sections and acoustic guitars also taking the songs into more of a medieval direction when they are utilized as well as some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length, nature sounds and spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover medieval themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Hrad and if you are a fan of atmospheric and medieval black metal with elements of dungeon synth, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Sentenced To Death" and "Leaving The Ancient Times Behind". 8 out of 10.
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