Avslut are a band from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a very raw and melodic form of black metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Tyranni" which will be released in November by Osmose Productions.
A very heavy and aggressive sound starts off the album while the faster sections of the songs also bring in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams along with the music also being heavily rooted in the Swedish style.
The riffs also utilize a great amount of melody along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Some of the riffing also shows an influence of death metal as well as some demonic growls also being utilized at times while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Spoken word samples can also be heard briefly along with the music also evoking a very dark atmosphere at times as well as one song also adding in a small amount of clean playing, as the album progresses a brief use of synths can also be heard and the closing track is very long and epic in length. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics are written in Swedish and cover hatred, misanthropy and misery themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Avslut and if you are a fan of raw and melodic black metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Tyranni" "Allt Forgas" "Pestens Larjungar" and "Andlost Slaveri". 8 out of 10.
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