A.C.O.D are a band from France that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for a melodic blackened death metal style and this is a review of their 2022 album "Fourth Reign: Over Opacities And Beyond" which was released by Les Acteurs de' L Ombre Productions.
Dark soundscapes and synths start off the album while percussion and whispers can also be heard briefly before going into a faster direction. When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard along with the vocals being mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Death metal growls can also be heard at times while the music also has its symphonic moments and the riffs also add in a lot of melody. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some spoken word parts also being utilized on a couple of songs.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the riffing also adding in elements of thrash metal at times as well as one song also adding in a brief use of clean playing and a couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover occultism and the writings of Dante.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from A.C.O.D and if you are a fan of melodic black and death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Genus Vacuitatis" "Artes obscurae" and "Through The Astral Door". 8 out of 10.
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