DxVxDxD SxLF are a band from France that plays a symphonic mixture of black and gothic metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Before The Dawn" which will be released in the summer by Wolfmond Production.
Symphonic sounding keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. Choirs can also be heard briefly while the vocals are mostly angry sounding black metal screams while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody and a lot of blast beats can be heard when the music speeds up.
All of the musical instruments on the recording have a very powerful sound to them while tremolo picking is added into a lot of the faster riffing. Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow. mid paced and fast parts along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style.
Most of the music id also very heavily rooted in the 90's era but modern at the same time along with the songs also adding in a great amount of gothic metal elements. Spoken word parts can also be heard briefly as well as one track also introducing clean vocals onto the album. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark themes.
In my opinion DxVxDxD SxLF are a very great sounding symphonic mixture of black and gothic metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Man In The Vortex" "After Dark" "Swan Song" and "Darkstones Cathedral". 8 out of 10.
https://wolfmondproduction.bandcamp.com/album/dxvxdxd-sxlf-before-the-dawn-pre-order
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