Cogas are a band from the United Kingdom that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording goes for an old school mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Among The Dead: How To Become A Ghost" which will be released in April.
Rain and thunder sounds start off the album along with some clean playing a few seconds which also returns on later tracks later before going into a heavier direction. Vocals are a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them and blast beats are added into the faster sections of the songs.
When tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the album more of a raw feeling while the riffs also add in a lot of melody. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length as well as the music also being very heavily rooted in the old school era and spoken words are added on the closing track.
On this recording Cogas goes back to the classic era of black metal and mixes it with the brutality of death metal to create a very heavy release. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Sardinian Folklore, Suicide, Death, Necromancy and Paranormal themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Cogas and if you are a fan of old school black and death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dead Reflected" "Autopsy Of A Hallow" and "La fiamma che respiro". 8 out of 10.
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