Finland's Gloomy Grim have returned with a new recording which continues the symphonic style of black metal from previous releases and this is a review of their 2021 album "Agathonomicon" which will be released on April 28th as a joint effort between Satanath and Murdher Records.
A very ritualistic sounding intro starts off the album while also introducing grim black metal vocals onto the recording which also takes the music into a heavier direction. The riffs also add in a great amount of melody along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a lot of tremolo picking and blast beats.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very melodic style and symphonic sounding keyboards are also added into the heavier sections of the music.
A lot of the songs are also very heavily rooted in the mid 90's era along with one of the tracks also introducing spoken word parts onto the album as well as a later track also adding in a small amount of back up shouts and growls. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Darkness, Death, Horror and War themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Gloomy Grim and if you are a fan of symphonic black metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Hermit" "Third Eye Opening" "To The Death, i Have Sworn" and "Haunting, Hunting, Howling". 8 out of 10.
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