Austria's Harakiri For The Sky have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an atmospheric form of post black metal and this is a review of their album "Scorched Earth" which will be released on. January 24th, 2025 by AOP Records.
Atmospheric sounding keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic post metal style while the vocals are mostly melancholic black metal screams and clean playing is also added into some parts of the album.
All of the musical instruments on the album also have a very powerful sound to them while most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. 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 riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody. At times the vocals also bring in more of an angry hardcore style as well as adding in a small amount of grunge rock elements. Clean female and male vocals can also be heard briefly and there is also some session work from members of Austere, Svalbarduk, Groza and Backwords Charm, one of the bonus tracks is also a Radiohead cover. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover existential despair, inner turmoil and the human condition.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Harakiri For The Sky and if you are a fan of atmospheric post black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Heal Me" "No Graves But The Sea" and "Too late For Goodbyes". 8 out of 10.
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