Bolt Gun are a band from Australia that plays an experimental and avant garde form of post black metal with elements of noise, drone and dark ambient and this is a review of their 2023 album "The Tower" which was released by Avantgarde Music.
Dark ambient style synths start off the album while atmospheric sounding drones can also be heard at times. All of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the saxophones also give the music more of an avant garde feeling when t hey are utilized and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the vocals are mostly tortured sounding black metal screams. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic post metal style along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a small amount of tremolo picking and blast beats.
At times the music also gets very experimental sounding along with some growls also being added into certain sections of the recording. Noises are also added on some of the tracks as well as some of the songs also bringing in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, the album also closes with an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are inspired by the writings of Brian Evenson,, Frank Kafka, Shirley Jackson and cover isolation, extinction, absurdity and nihilism themes.
In my opinion Bolt Gun are a very great sounding avant garde and experimental mixture of post black metal, noise, drone and dark ambient and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Tower" and "The Scapegoat". 8 out of 10.
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