Namtaru are a band from Italy that plays a blackened form of death metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "Cult of Ancient Deities" which will be released in April by Awakening Records.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album along with some synths and ritualistic chants before going into a heavier direction. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the faster sections of the songs also add in a a lot of brutal blast beats and the vocals are mostly death metal growls.
Black metal style tremolo picking is also added into some of the faster riffing while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they bring in more of a 90['s death metal style along with a couple of tracks also adding in a small amount of clean playing as well as one song also being an instrumental and spoken word samples can also be heard briefly.
Namtaru plays a style of blackened death metal that is very fast, aggressive and brutal sounding. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Sumerian Mythology, Occultism and Cosmic Horror themes.
In my opinion Namtaru are a very great sounding blackened death metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Cold Dead Waste" "Dagon" and "Call From The Depths". 8 out of 10.
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