Mycena are a duo from Croatia that plays a mixture of black metal, stoner rock, jazz, avant garde, experimental, psychedelic and prog rock and this is a review of their 2024 album "Serendisarray" which was released by Olde Scratch Records.
Psychedelic sounding synths 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 the clean sections also take the music into more of a progressive direction when they are added in the music.
High pitched black metal screams can be heard briefly while the slower sections of the songs also add in elements of stoner metal. at times the music also gets very experimental and avant garde sounding along with a lot of the vocals adding in more of a spoken demonic style, saxophones and clarinets are also added on some of the tracks.
The album also adds in a few instrumentals along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when they are introduced into the music, melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and most of the songs stick to either a slow or mid tempo direction. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover esoteric themes.
In mu opinion Mycena are a very great sounding mixture of black, stoner metal, jazz, avant garde, experimental, psychedelic and prog rock and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this duo. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Lacrima Futurum" "Erato" and "Apatheia". 8 out of 10.
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