Karkosa are a band from Fort Wayne, Indiana that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a blackened form of death metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Esoterrorcult" which will be released in February by Redefining Darkness Records.
A very dark, heavy and melodic sound starts off the album before going into a very fast and brutal direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls and the solos and leads also add in a great amount of melody.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. Some of the songs also adds in a small amount of clear vocals and dark soundscapes along with the music also having its technical moments.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style as well as a couple of tracks also adding in a brief use of clean playing and nature sounds, one song is also an instrumental and synths are also added towards the end. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism and Violence themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Karkosa and if you are a fan of blackened death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Encorcelled Spirits" "The Tomb of Hryam Abiff" "Remnants Of Creation" and "The Freezing Shadows of Eternal Winter". 8 out of 10.
https://karkosa.bandcamp.com/album/esoterrorcult
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