The Spirit are a band from Germany that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for more of a melodic and progressive mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Of Clarity And Galactic Structures" which will be released on April 29th by AOP Records.
A very fast and aggressive sound starts off the album along with a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the music also adding in a great amount of death metal elements.
At times the music also gets very progressive sounding along with the music also adding in a good mixture of both old school and modern influences as well as the interlude also adding in a brief use of acoustic guitars before returning back to a heavier direction, synths can also b e heard on the closing track which is also an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Misanthropy and Cosmic Metaphor themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from The Spirit and if you are a fan of melodic and progressive blackened death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Of Clarity And Galactic Structures" "Celestial Fire" and "Arcane Wanderer". 8 out of 10.
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