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France's solo project Archville King has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a mixture of black, thrash and heavy metal and this is a review of his album "Aux heures désespérées" which will be released in 2026 by Les Acteurs de L'Ombre Productions.
Rain and thunder sounds start off the album along with some synths which also returns on later tracks a few seconds later before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Growls are also used at times while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they also bring in more of a melodic traditional metal style along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of thrash metal elements.
All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them as well as a couple of the tracks also being very long and epic in length a few songs also adds in a small amount of acoustic guitars and clean playing, the album also closes with an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in French and is a concept album based upon the Worm King.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Archville King and if you are a fan of black, thrash and heavy metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Riposte" "Le carnival du roi des veres" and "À ces batailles abandonnées". 8 out of 10.
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