An Abstract Illusion are a band from Sweden that plays a very atmospheric, progressive and melodic form of blackened death metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Woe" which will be released in September by Willowtip Records.
Atmospheric sounding keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while clear vocals can also b e heard in certain sections of the recording and touches of electronica can also b e heard at times.
Death metal growls are also a very huge part of the recording while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of black metal tremolo picking and blast beats. Screams can also be heard at times along with the music also having its progressive moments and most of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with the riffs also adding in a good amount of melody Clean playing can also be heard quite a bit throughout the recording as well as some songs also adding in a small amount of folk instruments, spoken word parts are also added on some of the tracks and also gives the music more of a poetic atmosphere and as the album progresses a brief use of female vocals can also be heard. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover nature, death and humanity themes.
In my opinion An Abstract Illusion are a very great sounding atmospheric, melodic and progressive mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Slaves" and "In The Heavens Above, You Will Become A Monster". 8 out fo 10.
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