Germany's Heretoir have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an atmospheric mixture of post black metal and blackgaze and this is a review of their 2024 album "Solastagia" which will be released on September 19th by AOP Records.
Distorted soundscapes start off the album along with some clean playing a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. A great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the music also adds in a lot of shoegaze elements and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody. Clear singing can also be heard at times along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling.
When synths are utilized they also give the album more of an atmospheric touch along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Spoken words can also be heard briefly as well as the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic post metal style, growls are also utilized at times and one song is also an instrumental. and a few tracks also add in a small amount of acoustic guitars. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover emotional or existential collapse caused by a negatively perceived environment change.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Heretori and if you are a fan of atmospheric post black metal and blackgaze, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Ashen Falls" "Dreamgather" "Solastalgia" and "Metaphor". 8 out of 10.
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