Ba'alzamon are a band from Arkansas that plays a melodic mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their self released 2019 album "A Desolate Place".
Ritualistic chants and whispers start off the album while also adding in a brief use of choir vocals before going into a heavier direction. Keyboards are also mixed in with the heavier sections of the songs and also gives the music more of a symphonic feeling and the music is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era.
Vocals are a mixture of deep death metal growls and grim yet high pitched black metal screams while a great portion of the tracks are very long and epic in length. Melodies can also be heard in a lot of the guitar riffing along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with one track also introducing female vocals and spoken words onto the recording. The songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and parts as well as one song also bringing clean playing into the music, the album also closes with a cover of Raf's "Self Control". The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover darkness and occultism themes.
In my opinion Ba'alzamon are a very great sounding symphonic and melodic mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Heathens Of The Blackest Fold" "There Was No Blood" "Knights Of Soth" and "Quest For The Twelfth Sphere Of Amaroth". 8 out of 10.
https://baalzamon.bandcamp.com/album/a-desolate-place
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