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Sakna are a solo project from Canada that plays a very atmospheric and depressive form of black metal with elements of neo-folk, dark ambient and funeral doom metal and this is a review of his 2025 album "De Syv Dødssynder" which will be released on Halloween by Hypaethral Records.
Ambient style synths start off the album while also mixing in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the slower sections of the songs also adding in elements of funeral doom metal and the vocals are mostly high pitched yet depressive sounding black metal screams.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding while clean playing and acoustic guitars are also added into certain sections of the album. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with some songs also adding in a small amount of bells, nature, rain and thunder sounds.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing as well as some tracks also adding in a small amount of clean singing, one song also introduces folk instruments onto the album. A couple of the later songs are also instrumentals and a later track is also a Windir cover. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Dante Alighierl's "The Divine Comedy".
In my opinion Sakna are a very great sounding atmospheric and depressive black metal solo project with elements of neo-folk, dark ambient and funeral doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Begynneise - Sti" "Del II -Skjaersliden" and "Berceuse Astralw". 8 out of 10.
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