BLACKEST - Dawning Of The Black
Blood and Brutality Records
Well this one has some variety be it the Bach inspired organ interlude on the eleven minute opus "Remembrance" to the instrumental title track that needed opening movie credits running down a screen in a theater near you. Oh yeah and melodic black metal being the main ingredient. Seeing that this act is from Birmingham, Alabama the only thing missing would be a southern accent to the harsh vocals alas there was none. It would've of been cool if there was though.
This is the debut full length by BLACKEST, a two piece act consisting of Arant (performing all instruments) and Seior (vocals). Aside from the outside additions the band are a steady second wave black metal influenced duo. They do mix things up in their song structures enough by giving room for slower moments to gradually break from the fast tempos. "As The Sun Sets" being a perfect example. While musically this is a decent piece, it's the vocals that seem out of place. Seior has a rough sandpaper coated blood vomit type of singing voice.
By far my favorite cut on here is the previously mentioned eleven minute “Remembrance”. It's an instrumental that starts off with the Gothic organ intro which leads into crushing guitars along with melodic soloing and a basic blastbeating of drums. The song is well crafted since it changes tempos throughout and without revisiting previous passages. There's even some classic death metal riffs. I'm not saying I'd like a whole album of this type of Gothic infused instrumental black metal but it is an amazing track. Obviously Arant is the artist here to take a notice to for future endeavors of brilliance.
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