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Icosandria are a band from Portugal that plays a mixture of post black metal and blackgaze and this is a review of their 2024 album "A Scarlet Lunar Glow" which will be released in April by Black lava Records.
A very dark yet melodic sound starts off the album while the music also adds in a lot of post metal elements. Synths can be heard at times along with the vocals being mostly angry black metal screams along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style and the faster sections of the songs also add in a lot of blast beats.
Growls can also be heard at times while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. When tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the music more of a raw feeling along with some songs also adding in clear vocals and the riffs also add in a lot of melody.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding along with some elements of shoegaze also being utilized at times as well as some tracks also adding in a good amount of clean playing, a couple of the songs are also very long and epic in length. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover cosmic horror, mythology and philosophy themes.
In my opinion Icosandria are a very decent sounding mixture of post black metal and blackgaze and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Black Hole 1999" "Yggdrasil" and "A Scarlet Lunar Glow Pt. 2". 7/5 out of 10.
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