Battlesoul are a band from Ontario, Canada that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays a pagan form of folk metal and this is a review of their self released 2025 ep "The Wheel".
Battle sounds start off the ep before going into a very fast and brutal direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Harsh vocals are mostly black metal screams while the music also adds in the brutality of death metal and the clear singing adds in influences of pagan and power metal.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Growls are also utilized at times along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style, folk instruments are also added on a few tracks, acoustic guitars can also be heard briefly and spoken words are also added on the closing track.
On this recording Battlesoul takes melodic black, death, folk, pagan and power metal and mixes them together to create a very aggressive and diverse sounding release. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover pagan mysticism, mythology, history and the eternal cycle of conflict and renewal.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Battlesoul and if you are a fan of pagan folk metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACK "No Legacy" and "The Wheel". 8 out of 10.
https://www.facebook.com/BattlesoulOfficial
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGLXfzKsKSOm1xUpWSYWtwQ
https://battlesoul.bandcamp.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4P1Uy9C866snVJngOauZPl
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/battlesoul/659846013
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