Apocalypse are a solo project from Italy that plays an epic mixture of Viking, black, folk and doom metal and this is a review of his 2021 album "Pedemontium" which was released by Earth And Sky Productions.
Epic style beats and keyboards start off the album and also gives the music the atmosphere of either a fantasy or historical movie soundtrack and mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs. A great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and elements of doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while clean Viking vocals are also a very huge part of the album. All of the musical instruments on the recording on the album also have a very powerful sound to them along with the acoustic guitars also adding in touches of folk music when they are utilized.
A lot of the music also shows an influence of Viking era Bathory and the mid 90's era pagan metal bands along with the vocals also adding in a grim black metal approach in some parts of the recording, as the album progresses folk instruments can also be heard briefly and all of the music also sticks to s lower direction. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover History, Legends, Mythology and Fantasy themes.
In my opinion Apocalypse are a very great sounding epic mixture of Viking, black, folk and doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Pedemontium" "Crystal Eyes" "The Lake Of Witches" and "The King Of Stone". 8 out of 10.
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