Seattle, Washington's Isenordal have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a mixture of black, funeral doom metal and neo-folk and this is a review of their 2024 album "Requiem For Eirênê" which will be released in March by Prophecy Productions.
Dark soundscapes start off the album along with some keyboards a few seconds later and stringed instruments a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. Elements of funeral doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs and the vocals are mostly death metal growls.
Black metal screams can also be heard at times while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length Female vocals can also be heard on a few songs along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and clean playing is also added in certain sections of the recording.
When acoustic guitars are introduced into the music they also add in touches of neo-folk along with some tracks also adding in a good amount of clean male vocals. Spoken word parts can also be heard briefly, when the music finally speeds up on a few songs a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover ancient myths, occultism, astrology, tarot, loss, grief in all of its stages, hope, disappointment, exploitation, spiritual revelation, surrender and apotheosis.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Isenordal and if you are a fan of black, funeral doom metal and neo-folk, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Await Me Ultima Thule" and "Saturnine Apotheosis". 8 out of 10.
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