Montreal, Quebec's Valfreya have returned with a new recording which shows the music moving away from the folk metal style of earlier releases and going for more of a symphonic and melodic blackened death metal direction and this is a review of their self released 2024 album "Dawn Of Reckoning".
Symphonic sounds, choirs and violins start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while are vocals are mostly grim yet high pitched black metal screams and growls can also b e heard at times.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the faster sections of the songs also add in a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Death metal growls can also be heard at times along with the tracks also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast pars and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Classical guitars can also be heard one a couple of songs along with a couple of tracks also being very long and epic in length. A couple of songs also add in a small amount of female vocals as well as some spoken word parts also being added into certain sections of the recording. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon the Nose Goddess Hel as she brings malice and justice to humanity.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Valfreya and if you are a fan of melodic and symphonic blackened death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Rise" "The Fall" "The Fallen Keys" and "Reus Es". 8 out of 10.
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Lyric Video - “The Rise” - https://youtu.be/2Y8VIg37iMg
Lyric Video - “Le Périple” at https://youtu.be/vRHbtl3o1OQ
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