Granitader are a band from Germany that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a very melodic, atmospheric and old school form of pagan black metal and this is a review of their 2025 ep "Schlachtenklang" which will be released in April by Purity Through Fire.
Acoustic guitars and folk instruments start off the ep before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are a mixture of grim black metal screams, angry shouts and clear pagan metal singing and the riffs also add in a lot of melody.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding while the recording is heavily rooted in the old school era. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and synths are also added into some parts of the tracks, growls can also be heard briefly.
On this recording Granitader brings out a very epic, melodic and atmospheric style of pagan black metal. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in German and cover Nordic Mythology and Nature themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Granitader and if you are a fan of atmospheric, melodic and old school pagan black metal, you should check out this ep RECOMMENDED TRACK "In die Schlacht". 8 out of 10.
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