Italy's Cadaveria have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a horror orientated mixture of black, dark and gothic metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Emptiness" which will be released in May by Time TO Kill Records.
A very dark, heavy yet melodic sound starts off the album along with some black metal screams a few seconds later. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the clean vocals also bring in elements of gothic metal into the music and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can also be heard while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic yet old school style. The songs also add in a great amount of dark, death and traditional metal touches along with all of the musical instruments also having a very powerful sound to them.
Clean playing can also be heard on some of the tracks along with a couple of songs also adding in a brief use of spoken word parts as well as the slower sections of the album also showing an influence of doom metal, synths can also be heard briefly and when whispers are utilized they also give the music more of a ritualistic feeling and the album also closes with a cover of Deine Lakaien's "Return". The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Occultism and Horror themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Cadaveria and if you are a fan of black, dark and gothic metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Great Journey" "The Woman Who Fell To The Earth" "Live After" and "Return". 8 out of 10.
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