Apocalypse are a solo project from Italy that has had an album reviewed before in this zine and on this recording goes for an epic mixture of black, viking, death, thrash and heavy metal and this is a review of his 2024 album "Pandeaemonium" which was released by MiMi Sound Records & Publishing.
Keyboards and classical music elements start off the album before going into a heavier direction while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can be heard and the vocals also add in a lot of black metal screams.
A lot of the riffing mixes in touches of death and thrash metal while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. The slower sections of the album are also very heavily rooted in doom and gothic metal along with the solos and leads also bringing in more of a melodic traditional metal style.
Clear viking metal vocals can also be heard at times along with some demonic growls also being utilized briefly. A lot of the music is heavily rooted in the 80's era as well as being very modern at the same time, a couple of tracks are also long and epic in length and a few songs also adds in a brief use of clean playing and acoustic guitars. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the witchcraft burnings and darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Apocalypse and if you are a fan of epic black, viking, doom, death, thrash and heavy metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Hanged, Drawn And Quartered" "The Well Of Deception" and "Pandeaemonium". 8 out o 10.
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