This is a review of a split ep between San Francisco, California's Lotus Thief and Portland, Oregon's Forlesen which will b3e released in 2024 by I, Voidhanger Records and we will start off the review with Lotus Thief who return with their mixture of black, doom metal, ambient and post rock.
Their side of the split starts out with some post rock style clean playing while their track is also over 11 minutes in length. Clear vocals can also be heard at times along with the slower riffs also bringing in elements of doom metal, when guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style as well as the harsher vocals being mostly black metal screams. When synths are utilized they are done in more of an ambient direction. The production sounds very professional and the lyrics are inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron".
In my opinion this is another great sounding track from Lotus Thief and if you are a fan of black, doom metal, ambient and post rock, you should check out their side of the split.
Next up is Forlesen who return with their mixture of post black, doom metal, dark ambient and slowcore.
Their side of the split starts out with tribal style drumming before adding in some doom metal style bass guitars which also takes the music into a heavier direction. Their track is also over 11 minutes in length while the synths also bring in elements of dark ambient along with the vocals being a mixture of clear singing and black emtal screams, when guitar solos and leads are utilized they also take the music into more of a melodic post metal direction. The production sounds very professional and the lyrics cover the Black plague.
In my opinion this is another great sounding track from Forlesen and if you are a fan of post black, doom metal, dark ambient and slowcore, you should check out their side of the split.
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and i would recommend it to all fans of post black and doom metal. 8 out of 10.
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