Norkh are a band from Germany that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for a mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "Under Teargas Fire" which was released by Bleeding heart Nihilist Productions.
A very fast, heavy and brutal sound starts off the album along with a great amount of blast beats. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody as well as all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them.
Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the tremolo picking in the fast riffing also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. Melodies are also added into some of the riffs along with some of the tracks also being long and epic in length and as the recording progresses some of the vocals also add in more of a first wave era touch as well as mixing some thrash metal elements.
On this recording Norkh takes the modern forms of black and death metal and mixes it with influences of the first wave era to create a very heavy, raw and brutal recording. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover social issues and apoacalyptic scenarios.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Norkh and if you are a fan of black and death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE 'Under Teargas Fire" "The Grey Old Ones" and "Asset In Blood". 8 out of 10.
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