Germany's Eisenkult have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a raw, melodic and old school form of black metal with a touch of folk music and this is a review of their 2025 album "Die Hölle ist hier" which will be released in April by Purity Through Fire.
Folk instruments start off the album along with some whispered vocals and clear singing a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. 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 and the harsh vocals are mostly grim black metal screams.
Synths also mix in with the heavier sections of the songs while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the music also being very heavily rooted in the old school eta and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Some of the riffing also shows an influence of thrash metal along with with some death metal growls also being utilized at times as well as some of the synths also capturing a very medieval orientated atmosphere. Clean playing can also be heard on a couple of tracks and a couple of songs also adds in a small amount of spoken words and Gregorian chants are also added towards the end. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics are written in German and cover blasphemy, darkness and death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Eisenkult and if you are a fan of raw, melodic and old school black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Der Teufel selbst' "Hassgesang" "Kreuzboser Damon" and " Flugel tragen mich hinfort". 8 out of 10.
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