Kvaen are a solo project from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a melodic mixture of pagan black and death metal with elements of speed metal and this is a review of his 2024 album "The Formless Fires" which will be released on June 21st by Metal Blade Records.
A very heavy and aggressive sound starts off the album while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can b e heard along with the vocals being mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the riffs also adding in elements of death and speed metal.
Keyboards are also added into the background briefly along with a couple of tracks also adding in a small amount of acoustic guitars and clean playing as well as some clear pagan vocals also being utilized briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Norse Paganism and Mythology themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Kvaen and if you are a fan of melodic pagan black and death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Formless Fires" "The Ancient Gods" and "The Wings of Death". 8 out of 10.
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