Snakeblade are a solo project from Vancouver, B.C, Canada that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a blackened form of thrash metal and this is a review of his 2021 album "The Curse" which was released by Moonshooter Productions.
A keyboard orientated intro starts off the album while also adding in some orchestra structures which later mix in with the heavier sections of the songs. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Vocals are mostly aggressive sounding screams which also add in a blackened style closer to the first wave era. Elements of thrash metal are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of blast beats along with the music also adding in a good mixture of old school and modern influences.
Tremolo picking can also be heard in some of the faster riffing along with some growls also being utilized briefly. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as a couple of the tracks also adding in a brief use of spoken word parts and as the album progresses a small amount of classical and acoustic guitars can also be heard and one of the songs is also an instrumental, one track also introduces clean vocals onto the album. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are inspired by George R.R Martin's "Games of Thrones" series.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Snakeblade and if you are a fan of blackened thrash metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Rotten Souls" "The Red Mage's Seduction" and "Exile: Outlaw... The Essence". 8 out of 10.
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