Sangdragon are a band from are a band from France that plays a symphonic mixture of black and death metal on the first chapter and goes into a medieval folk music direction on the second chapter and this is a review of their 2023 double album "Hierophant" which will b e released on October by Wake Up Dead Records.
A very ethnic and symphonic sound starts off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing while the vocals are a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams and some of the tracks a re also very long and epic in length.
When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can be heard while choirs are also added on some of the tracks. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Some of t he songs also add in a small amount of acoustic guitars and touches of folk music along with some clear male and female vocals also being added into certain sections of the recording., tremolo picking can also be heard in some of the faster riffing as well as some spoken word parts also being utilized briefly.
The second chapter starts out with more of a medieval which was introduced on the first disc while moving away from the metal elements of the first chapter. When female vocals are utilized they also bring in more of a pagan atmosphere along with the percussion replacing regulars drums, male vocals can also be heard at times as well as some tracks also adding in choirs and one song is an instrumental. The production sounds very professional and the lyrics cover Occultism, Medieval Rites and Fantasy themes.
In my opinion Sangdragon are a very great sounding symphonic mixture of black, death metal and medieval folk and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Curse of Desert" "War is War" "Majesty" and "Back To Elysium". 8 out of 10.
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