This is a review of a 3 way split album between Greece's Thymata, Sweden's Grimtone and Portugal's Krucix called "Et omnia vanitas" which was released by War Peoductions and we will start off the review with Thymata who return with a raw and old school form of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a very dark sound while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on their side of the recording. Synths can also be heard briefly along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the music more of a raw feeling.
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. Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the old school of the genre as well as some of the riffing also adding in melodies, growls can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover mythology, blood and darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Thymata and if you are a fan of raw and old school black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Acheron".
Next up is Grimtone who return with an old school style of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with some slow doom metal riffing while the riffs also add in a lot of melody. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the vocals being mostly grim sounding black metal screams and the music also adds in a good amount of old school touches.
Clean playing can also be heard briefly along with some blast beats and tremolo picking also being utilized when the music speeds up which gives their side of the recording more of a raw feeling, synths are also added towards the end. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover death and anti religion themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Grimtone and if you are a fan of old school black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Excommunicated".
Closing the split is Krucifix who return with their raw and old school style of black metal.
Their side of the split starts out with dark soundscapes along with some synths a few seconds which also adds in an atmospheric touch later before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them. Growls can also be heard at times as well as the guitar leads also adding in more of a melodic style and both of their tracks are also very long and epic in length. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover planets.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording Krucifix and if you are a fan of atmospheric, old school and raw black metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Venus".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of old school black metal. 8 out of 10.
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