Fír are a solo project from the Netherlands that plays a very raw and old school form of black metal and this is a review of his 2025 ep "Het sinistere oog" which will be released on Halloween by Amor Fati Productions.
Dark soundscapes and synths 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 mostly grim sounding black metal screams while the music is also very heavily rooted in the second wave era of the genre.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while some of the riffing also adds in a small amount of melody. Growls can also be heard at times along with one song also adding in a brief use of clean playing and one of the tracks is also very long and epic in length which also adds in a brief use of ambient elements and background voices, all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Fír plays a style of black metal that is very fast and raw in the 90's second wave tradition. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics are written in Dutch and cover self-transformation themes.
In my opinion Fír are a very great sounding raw and old school black metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Een koude fluistering" and "Bloedriven". 8 out of 10.
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