Chronicler Of Ardul are a solo project from Richland, Washington that started out playing a fantasy themed symphonic mixture of black and death metal and on t his album keeps the f antasy themes and goes into more of an acoustic folk direction and this is a review of his self released 2026 album "Sounds of Ardul" which will be released in April.
Acoustic guitars, percussion and folk instruments start off the album along with some clear singing a few seconds later. Some of the songs also stick to an instrumental direction while one track also introduces keyboards onto the album and all of the tracks also sounds very different from each other.
At times the music also goes into more of a cinematic and atmospheric direction while most of the songs are also very short in length. Stringed instruments are also a very huge part of the album along with a lot of the recording also capturing t he atmosphere of a fantasy movie soundtrack, elements of dark ambient and dungeon synth are also added on a lot of tracks.
On this recording Chronicler Of Ardul goes for a very cinematic and symphonic style of folk music. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics the mythic world of Ardul
In my opinion Chronicler Of Ardul are a very great sounding symphonic and cinematic folk music project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Watch Over Me" "Woodlands" "Unwelcome Quests" and "Zarek The Bloody". 8 out of 10.
Official Website: chroniclerofardul.com
Bandcamp: https://chroniclerofardul.bandcamp.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Chronicler-of-Ardul-100063489851273
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chronicler_of_ardul
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ChroniclerOfArdul
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5h3LfVFyzZA7Tl0eBhQxKg
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/chronicler-of-ardul/1678862672
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