OccultBlackMetalZine: Posthum

Friday, April 12, 2019

Posthum/Like Wildfire/Indie Recordings/2019 CD Review

Posthum are a band from Norway that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a modern form of black metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Like Wildfire" which was released by Indie Recordings.

Ambient style synths start off the album along with some clean guitars a few seconds later and most of the tracks are very long and epic in length. During the faster sections of the music a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can also be heard which also gives the songs more of a raw feeling.

Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams while the songs also bring in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. A decent amount of melody can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing while the solos and leads also done in a very melodic style along with the music also mixing in elements of thrash and traditional metal.

A lot of the music has the classic Norwegian style but being done in more of a modern direction. Elements of ambient also make a return on some of the later tracks along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of groove at times as well as the music also having its progressive moments and as the album progresses a brief use of acoustic guitars can also be heard and the album closes with an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover negativity, insanity and war themes.

In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Posthum and if you are a fan of Norwegian black metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Ravens Are Flying Low" "Defenders of Purity" and "Unicorn Slaughterhouse". 8 out of 10.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Posthum/The Black Northern Ritual/Indie Recordings/2014 CD Review

Posthum are a band from Norway that plays a raw and modern from of Norwegian black metal and this is a review of their 2014 album "The black northern Ritual" which was released by Indie Recordings.

A very dark and melodic black metal sound starts off the album along with some grim screams a few seconds later and the music has a modern Norwegian black metal feeling along with all of the musical instruments having a very powerful sound to them and at times you can hear a decent amount of tremolo picking.

There is a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts present throughout the recording along with the solos and leads being in a very melodic musical direction and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them while the faster parts actually bring back the raw 90's black metal feeling at times which they also mix in a small amount of blast beats to bring in more of a lethal blackened attack.

A good amount of the slower slower material displays more of a melodic side to the bands musical style and on the instrumental you can hear some melodies that have almost a post black metal feeling to them while the last 2 songs shows the band sticking to more of a purer form of the genre along with the last song being a 10 minute epic black metal song which also shows the band bringing in a brief use of spoken word parts.

Posthum plays a style of Norwegian black metal that has the grimness of the 90's bands while also having a melodic style that is more closer to what has been coming out of that country in the last few years and also I feel this style has been a little overplayed over the years I still feel the bands is very good for what they are trying to achieve, the production has a very raw yet professional sound while the lyrics cover darkness and nature themes.

In my opinion Posthum are a very great sounding Norwegian black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Demon Black Skies" "The Black Northern Ritual" and "North". 8 out of 10.