Finland's Antipope have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for more of a melodic and progressive mixture of black, doom and death metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Rex Mundi" which will be released on October 28th by Moribund Records.
A very epic sounding synth orientated intro starts off the album before going into a heavier direction while also introducing melodic guitar solos and leads onto the recording. Elements of doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats are also utilized.
Melodies are also added into a lot of t he guitar riffing while the vocals bring in a mixture of first wave style black metal screams and power metal style singing. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts and all of t he musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
At times the music also gets very progressive sounding along with the songs also adding in a decent amount of clean playing. Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length as well as some death metal growls also being added into certain sections of the recording. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon the Albigensian Crusade and Cathar Wars in the 1200's.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Antipope and if you are a fan of melodic and progressive black, death, doom, power and heavy metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Rex Mundi Aeternum" "Glory Of Slaughter" "Twilight of The Grey Gods" and "Hell On Earth". 8 out of 10.
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