Lathebra where a band from Italy that played a melodic mixture of black, dark and doom metal and this is a review of their 1997 demo "Angels; Twilight Odes" which will be re-issued in march, 2023 by my Kingdom Music.
Classical guitars start off the demo while spoken word parts can also be heard briefly before going into a heavier direction. Most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams along with the slower sections of the songs also bringing in elements of dark and doom metal.
When guitar soloes and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody. Spoken word parts also return on later tracks along with all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them as well as one song also introducing clean playing onto the recording.
When the music speeds up a small amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can be heard. Rain and thunder sounds are also utilized briefly and keyboards are added on the closing track which is also an instrumental. The production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover melancholy, yearning and loneliness themes.
In my opinion Lathebra where a very great sounding melodic mixture of b lack, dark and doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "My Velvet Dusk" and "Benighted Embrace". 8 out of 10.
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