Orkrist are a band from Slovakia that plays a very melodic and epic mixture of black and folk metal and this is a review of their self released 2023 album "Luea".
Keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times while most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. When female vocals are utilized they also give the songs more of a gothic metal atmosphere and the riffs also add in a lot of melody.
Elements of folk music and flutes can also be heard at times while the aggressive vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams. Clear male pagan vocals can also be heard at times along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can also be heard.
At time s the music also gets very epic sounding along with all of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them. The songs also add in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as the tracks also mixing in a lot of traditional metal elements, acoustic guitars can also be heard briefly and the closing track is an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the writings of J.R.R Tolkien.
In my opinion Orkrist are a very great sounding epic and melodic mixture of black and folk metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Raven Of Revenge" "Prince Of Melancholy" and "Black Bird's Beard". 8 out of 10.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4e9WmaTst5qJ1jl0JpHs7x
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/de/artist/15816Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/orkrist/1497437200
Bandcamp: https://orkrist.bandcamp.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@orkrist1151
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