Black Whispers are a band from Costa Rica that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for more of an avant garde style of depressive black metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Dusk" which was released as a joint effort between Grimm Distribution, More hate Productions and The End Of Time Records.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album while pianos can also be heard briefly before going into a heavier musical direction. All of the instruments also sound very powerful along with the vocals being mostly high pitched yet depressive black metal screams and the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while spoken word parts can also be heard on a couple of songs. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard along with the songs also mixing in a decent amount of avant garde elements.
When tremolo picking is utilized they also give the songs more of a raw feeling along with one of the tracks also introducing acoustic guitars onto the recording and throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as some synths also being utilized at times, as the album progresses a brief use of whispered vocals can also be heard. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Negativity, Suicide, Depression and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Black Whispers and if you are a fan of avant garde and depressive black metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Castle Of Selfdestruction" "Eulogy" "Dusk" and "Void". 8 out of 10.
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