Xantam are a solo project from Oceanside, California that plays a blackened from of death metal and this is a review of his 2019 ep "Altered State" which will be released in December by Blood Harvest Records.
Epic sounding synths start off the ep before going into a heavier direction while a couple of the tracks are very long and epic in length. When the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard along with the vocals bringing in a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams,
The riffs also add in a decent amount of dark sounding melodies along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very dark and melodic style while the music also gets very brutal sounding at times.
Clean playing can also be heard briefly as well as one track also adding in a brief use of melodic yet ritualistic chants and spoken word parts, synths also make a return in certain sections of the recording and the ep also closes with an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the dark side of the human mind, existence, anti religion and fictional story themes.
In my opinion Xantam are a very great sounding blackened death metal solo project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Altered State". 8 out of 10.
http://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/altered-state
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