Chicago, Illinois's Withering Soul has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a very melodic form of blackened death metal and this is a review of their 2025 album "Passage Of The Arcane" which was released by Liminal Dread Productions.
Wind soundscapes and synths start off the album before going into a very fast direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody and the music also adds in a lot of death metal elements.
Throughout the album you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. When synths are utilized they also add in some symphonic touches along with some of the tracks also being very long and epic in length, growls are also utilized at times and one song also adds in a b rief use of clean playing.
On this recording Withering Soul brings in a symphonic touch to their melodic style of blackened death metal, The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover ghosts, horror, paranormal and death themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Withering Soul and if you are a fan of melodic blackened death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Attrition Horizon" "Gallery Of The End" and "Burden Of The Variant". 8 out of 10.
https://witheringsoul. bandcamp.com/album/passage-of- the-arcane

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