Eight Bells are a band from Portland, Oregon that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays an experimental and progressive mixture of post black, doom and death metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Legacy Of Ruin" which will be released in February by Prophecy Productions.
Avant garde soundscapes start off the album along with some clear vocals a few seconds later before adding in some acoustic guitars. Elements of doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Black metal screams can also be heard in certain sections of the recording while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic post metal style. A great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats and tremolo picking.
At times the music also gets very progressive and experimental sounding along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of melody. Some of the heavier riffing also shows an influence of death metal as well as the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, some tracks also add in a small amount of clean playing, keyboards and violins. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the human condition, natural destruction, death, regret, loss, malice and retribution.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Eight Bells and if you are a fan of experimental and progressive post black, doom and death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Well" and "The Crone". 8 out of 10.
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