Hekseblad are a duo with members from Michigan and Massachusetts that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording went for an atmospheric, melodic and old school style of black metal and this is a review of their 2021 ep "The Fall Of Cintra" which will be re-issued in 2026 by Hypnotic Dirge Records.
Nature sounds and percussion start off the ep while clean playing and spoken words can also be heard before going into more of a heavier and atmospheric direction. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing along with the vocals being mostly grim sounding black metal screams and the music is heavily rooted in the 2nd wave era.
Symphonic touches are also utilized at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling. Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
On this recording Hekseblad went for a very melodic, atmospheric and old school style of black metal. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are based upon the 'Witcher' franchise.
In my opinion this was another great sounding recording from Hekseblad and if you are a fan of atmospheric, melodic and old school black metal, you should check out this re-issue. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Night Of The Long Fangs" and "The Fall of Cintra". 8 out of 10.
Hekseblad Bandcamp: https://heksebladusbm.bandcamp.com/
Hekseblad Twitter: https://x.com/hekseblad
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