Scotland's Cnoc An Tursa have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a folk music inspired form of pagan black metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "A Cry For The Slain" which will be released in April by Apocalyptic Witchcraft.
Nature orientated soundscapes start off the album before adding in some clean playing and female vocals before going into a heavier direction. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them while keyboards are also utilized at times and the riffs also add in a lot of melody.
When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can b e heard which also gives the album more of a raw feeling. harsh vocals are a mixture of high pitched black metal screams and angry shouts while some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some folk instruments also being added into certain sections of the recording. At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding as well as some tracks also adding in a small amount of acoustic guitars, spoken words can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Scottish History and Poetry.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Cnoc An Tursa and if you are a fan of folk influenced pagan black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Caoineag" and :Address To The Devil". 8 out of 10.
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