Heron are a band from Vancouver B.C, Canada that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays an atmospheric mixture of black, sludge, doom and post metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Empires of Ash" which will be released in December by Sludgelord Records.
A very slow, dark and heavy sludge metal sound starts off the album while the slower sections of the music also mix in elements of doom metal. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the vocals being mostly high pitched blackened metal screams and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
When clean playing is added onto the on a couple of tracks they also show an influence of post rock while the synths also takes the music into a more atmospheric direction when they are utilized. Melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing at times along with the riffing also having its repetitive moments and the whole recording also sticks to a slower musical direction as well as the solos and leads being done in a very dark yet melodic style when they are added on the closing song.
On this recording Heron focuses more on a blackened mixture of sludge and doom metal with some atmospheric and post metal touches. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover a larger scope of turbulent emotions.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Heron and if you are a fan of atmospheric post black, sludge and doom metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Rust And Rot" and "With Dead Eyes". 8 out of 10.
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