Gates Of Mourning are a solo project from Florida that has bene featured before in this zine and plays a melodic mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of his self released 2023 album "A Coronation Of Necromantic Dreams".
Classic movie soundtrack sounds start off the album before going into a very fast direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing while the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Death metal growls can also be heard at times while most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. Most of the music is also very heavily rooted in the classic Swedish style along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when they are utilized, clean playing can also be heard briefly and some of the slower riffing also shows an influence of doom metal.
On this recording Gates of Mourning remains true to the melodic mixture of black and death metal that he has established on previous releases. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover necromancy, occultism and darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Gates Of Mourning and if you are a fan of melodic black and death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Pleading In Shadows Of Eternity Summoned By Stars" and "Treasures In the Depths Of Fleshy Tombs". 8 out of 10.
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