France's XCIII have returned with a new recording which shows the music moving even more further from their black and extreme metal roots and focuses on more of a mixture of avant garde, post rock, coldwave and electronic dark music and this is a review of t heir album "Void" which will b e released in 2022 by My Kingdom Music.
Keyboards and programmed beats start off the album along with some spoken word parts a few seconds later. Vocals are done in mostly a clean style while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody and are more rooted in a post rock style and you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording.
When synths are utilized they also give the music more of an avant garde feeling while the music also adds in a great amount of coldwave elements. Female vocals are also added on some of the tracks along with the spoken word parts also making a return in certain sections of the album.
A couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with all of the songs also sounding very different from each other. Touches of trip hop can also be heard in some parts of the recording as well as some of the heavier riffing also showing an influence of metal, one song also introduces acoustic guitars onto the album. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Romanticism and Human Nature themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from XCIII and if you are a fan of the newer stuff from Ulver, Anathema, trip hop and post rock, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Red Lights" "Rosemary" and "Tapeworm". 8 out of 10.
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