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Spain's Altarage have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of an experimental blackened death metal style and this is a review of their 2026 album "Cogwheel" which will be released on July 31st as a joint effort between Sentient Ruin Laboratories and Doomentia Records.
A very dark yet heavy 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 and death metal growls along with the slower riffing also adding in elements of doom metal and all of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Touches of industrial metal can also be heard at times while the faster sections of the album also adds in a decent amount of brutal blast beats. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the recording also having its experimental moments and the songs also bring in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the guitar leads also bringing in more of a darker style when they are utilized, drones and soundscapes can also be heard on a few tracks and one song also adds in a brief use of clear singing, clean playing is also used briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover apocalyptic themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Altarage and if you are a fan of experimental blackened death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACDKS INCLUDE "Peso Muerto" "1988" and "Industrial Offering". 8 out of 10.
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