Primordial Black are a duo from Tunisia that has been featured before in this zine and plays a blackened form of death metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 album "Dark Matter Manifesto".
A very dark and ritualistic ambient orientated intro starts off the album along with some chants in the background before going into a heavier direction. Vocals are mostly angry sounding blackened metal screams while the music also adds in a lot of death and groove metal elements and blast beats are also added into the faster sections of the songs.
At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding while clean playing can also be heard on a few tracks. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the song also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them..
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very dark yet melodic style along with some synths also being utilized at times. One song also introduced industrial style beats into the music as well as some of the fast riffing also adding in a small amount of tremolo picking and a couple of tracks also adds in some session work from ,members of Rotting Christ and K.F.R. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover metaphysical collapse, inner apocalypse and the silence of god.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Primordial Black and if you are a fan of blackened death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Dark Matter Manifesto" and "Din Of thy Celestial Birds". 8 out of 10.
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