This is a review of a split ep between U.S.A's Prezir and Beastlurker called "Faustian Hallucinations" which will be released in October by Chaos Records and we will start off the review with Prezir who return with their mixture of black, death and thrash metal.
Their side of the split starts out with some melodic guitar solos and leads before going into a faster thrash metal influenced direction which also utilizes a great amount of blast beats. Vocals ar e mostly high pitched black metal screams along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
All of the musical instruments on their side of the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the solos and leads also bringing in more of an old school extreme metal style as well as having their melodic moments, melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and when tremolo picking is utilized they also add in more of a raw feeling and death metal growls can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dogmatism and corruptive ideologies.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Prezir and if you are a fan of black, death and thrash metal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Murder At The Helm".
Next up is Beastlurker who return with their mixture of black and death metal.
Their side of the split starts out with a very dark yet heavy sound along with some death metal growls and black metal s creams a few seconds later. Both of their tracks are also long and epic in length along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the faster sections of the songs also ad d in a decent amount of blast beats. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic yet old school style and the tracks also ad d in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, clean playing and chants can also be heard briefly and the fast tremolo picking also takes the music into more of a rawer direction. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover personal demons lurking in with the psyche.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Beastlurker and if you are a fan of black and death emtal, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Quills of A Faustian Meditation".
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and i would recommend it to all fans of b lack and death metal. 8 out of 10.
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