DIABLERY / SHADOWCRAFT - Entropy
Black Market Metal Label
This is a split release between two Greek black metal acts, DIABLERY and SHADOWCRAFT. Both of em are new to me so I thought hey cool new music. Both bands provide three cuts each but actually it's two cuts and an opening intro by them.
First up is DIABLERY a four piece act who've been around for a decade and have a handful of releases under their belts. Sound-wise they've got a symphonic flair going for em on their cuts. The shorter than a minute intro is a throwaway as far as I'm concerned. Their actual two cuts contain theatrical style keyboard interludes amidst blast beats and melodic picked riffs. Although the vocals have that savage quality to them musically this comes across as average Swedish style black metal.
Next up it's SHADOWCRAFT a band whose been around slightly longer but unfortunately only has one full length and a bunch of demos to their name. Their part of this split starts off with a longer guitar based intro with added keyboard aesthetics for atmosphere and male/female ghostly vocal wisps. Once again it's a throwaway in my book. Now as far as their two actual tracks go, once again it's symphonic but with a Euro-folk metal style to it. The vocals bounce around in tempos from gruntles to harsh. The keyboards keep things in an epic pace with song structures twisting from melodic passages to grandiose operatic showmanship and that's just the first track. The second one follows in the same flow.
The funny thing about this release is that none of these bands follow any homegrown Hellenic black metal style. Of the two I'd say SHADOWCRAFT is the far more interesting of the pairing. Maybe because they're flailing head first into battle metal territory. Ether way it's a decent short form release.
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