VARMIA - Z Mar Twych
Folkvangr Records
What we have here is a mixture of Slavic style folk and black metal which follows both Pagan brutality as well as some modern off template takes. This is the debut album by this Polish four piece who started out last year. The promo info mentions ENSLAVED which I can understand since the lead vocals (sung by their guitarist) are a mix of gruff/harsh while the backing vocals (sung by their bassist) are clean. That's done sporadically throughout the release and it is annoying.
This release starts out with an acoustic guitar intro but then things do turn to darkness and some harsh black metal ensues. There are a couple of tracks that sound like they were ripped from ENSLAVED's playbook. Other times the band tosses in some death metal song structure to pick up the violence. Not my thing at all but I won't throw em under the bus. Musically VARMIA are an exciting band mainly because of all the elements they take from their peers.
https://folkvangrrecords.bandcamp.com/album/z-mar-twych
https://www.facebook.com/varmiaband
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