Sidus Atrum are a solo project from Ukraine that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays an atmospheric and blackened form of doom metal and this is a review of her 2022 album "Spiral Of Life" which will be released in march by Kult und Kaos Productions.
Tragic sounding keyboards start off the album which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. Elements of doom metal can be heard in t he slower riffing of the songs while the vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched sounding black metal screams and death metal growls can also be heard at times.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding while clean playing can be heard on some of the tracks. Whispered vocals can also be heard briefly along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and when the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard.
Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with one song also adding in a brief use of water sounds. Melodic chants can also be heard briefly as well as the songs also bringing in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, tremolo picking can also be heard in some of the faster riffing and and as the album progresses clean vocals are also introduced into the music. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the cycle of rebirths of the soul.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Sidus Atrum and if you are a fan of atmospheric and blackened doom metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Sea Of Life" and "Rain Brings Your Voice". 8 out of 10.
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