Italy's duo Voland have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a symphonic mixture of black and folk metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "The Grieving Fields" which will be released in April by Dusktone.
A very heavy sound starts off the album along with some chants which evolve into grim black metal screams. While the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard while symphonic sounds are also added into the heavier sections of the songs and shouts are also used at times.
Clear vocals are also added into certain sections of the recording while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Elements of folk music can also be heard quite a bit throughout the album along with some death metal growls also being utilized briefly, one song also introduces spoken words into the music and a couple of tracks are also long and epic in length as well as the closing track also adding in some acoustic guitars.
On this recording Voland takes a symphonic form of black metal and mixes it with folk metal to create a very diverse release. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the History of Russia.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Voland and if you are a fan of symphonic black and folk metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Saturno" and "Variag". 8 out of 10.
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