Mascharat are a band from italy that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording goes for a very atmospheric and occult form of black metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "Ars Aurea Mortis" which was released by Remparts Productions.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album while the keyboards also add in some avant garde and classical music touches which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Melodies are also added into some of the gutiar riffing and blast beats are also added into the faster sections of the recording.
When tremolo picking is added into the fast riffing they also give the music more of a raw feeling while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Classical guitars can also be heard on a couple of songs along with a great portion of the tracks also being very long and epic in length and at times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon the tranformation of mater according to the principles of alchemy and western esotericism.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from mascharat and if you are a fan of atmospheric occult black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Re Mida" and "Lapis". 8/5 out of 10.
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