Poland's Varmia have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a pagan style of black metal and this is a review of their 2026 album "Iauks" which will be released in March by M - Theory Audio.
A very dark, heavy and melodic sound starts off the album while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams. growls and clear pagan singing and the faster sections of the songs also add in a lot of blast beats.
When tremolo picking is added into the fast riffing they also give the music more of a raw feeling while the songs also bring in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some tracks also adding in percussion and Baltic style folk instruments without losing any brutality or aggression, when guitar solos and leads are finally utilized they are done in more of a chaotic style.
On this recording Varmia takes their pagan style of black metal into more of a raw and brutal direction as well as mixing in some elements of death metal and also keeping the folk music touches of previous releases. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Polish and cover the ancient Baltic tribes of the historical Warmia region of northern Poland.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Varmia and if you are a fan of pagan black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Czarne drogi Xsiężyca" "Dzień, pół nocy" and "...po widok za". 8 out of 10.
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