Robust are a band from Norway that plays an intoxicating form of black metal and this is a review of their self titled 2025 album which will be released in April by Van Records.
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams which also have their grim moments along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and when the music speeds up a lot of blast beats can be heard.
When tremolo picking is added into the fast riffing they also give the album more of a raw feeling while one track also adds in a brief use of folk instruments. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length
Clean playing is also utilized on a few songs along with a lot of the music is also being very heavily rooted in the mid 2000's era and one track also adds in a brief use of spoken words, when guitar solos and leads are finally added into the music they bring in more of an old school style. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover darkness themes.
In my opinion Robust are a very great sounding intoxicating black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Form Of A bear" "Sulphurous Ash" and "Debris". 8 out of 10.
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