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The Hell Beyond are a solo project form Germany that plays a blackened form of death metal and this is a review of his self released 2024 album "Cold Forests".
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the album while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the vocals also adding in a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls and the music is heavily rooted in the 90's era.
Clear singing can also be heard on some of the tracks while the faster sections of the songs also add in a small amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. A lot of the album also sticks to more of a mid tempo direction along with the solos and leads also being done in a melodic style when they are utilized and at times the recording also adds in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, female vocals, spoken word parts and clean playing can also be heard briefly.
The Hell Beyond plays a style of blackened death metal that is very heavily rooted in the 90's era as well as being very different at the same time. The production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover Paganism, Occultism, Satanism, Darkness and Anti Religion themes.
In my opinion The Hell Beyond are a very great sounding blackened death metal solos project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Deumus" "Druid Stones" "The Ending" and "The Dark lord". 8 out of 10.
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