Genre: Black Metal
Label: Paragon Records / Satanath Records
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The prolific Hungarian act releases in 2020, for Satanath Records / Paragon Records, the eighth album; a remarkable achievement because the band has been in business "only" since 2002. The duo's proposal is a fairly personal Black Metal, based on a truly inspired and varied riffing, on fast and dynamic drumming, with almost experimental solutions of Synths and rather refined and unconventional scores. We suddenly pass from more dilated and dissonant parts to outbursts more in line with the genre of origin, as in "A Vén Végvivo"; "stop and go" and acid arpeggios in the title track "Martir", Thrash Metal hints and references to Prog in "The Frozen Lake of Eternity"; bizarre bass parts, as in "Lidércpalota", but in general the particularities are scattered a bit in all the songs, this aspect makes the whole album enjoyable and not monotonous. Very direct "A Harag Làngja", the most incisive song; vaguely reminiscent of Taake's Hoest screaming harsh and rough that is well suited to the musical part: the latter seems to be inspired, even if minimally, by the Norwegian band, especially in the more Epic parts. The singer, however, does not disdain sporadic clean vocals that are spot on. The production is remarkable, dry and well defined: the instruments have a good sound that also brings out the very valid bass phrasing, often in the background in most of the Black Metal releases, the drum is present even if slightly in shadow compared to the rest in particularly in the faster parts, the guitars have a lean sound that allows you to detect the playing precision of the riffs. Ultimately a great album, personal and engaging, like a few in this period!
Andrea B.
