El Camino are a band from Sweden that started out as a stoner/doom metal band and on this release expanding on the style by mixing it with black and thrash metal and this is a review of their 2017 album "Cursed Congregation" which will be released in July by Night Tripper Records.
Clean guitars and nature sounds start off the album and after awhile the music goes into a heavier direction where you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording along with the riffs also using a decent amount of melody and after awhile grim black metal screams make their presence known.
When solos and leads a re utilized they are done in a very dark yet melodic fashion and as the album progresses elements of thrash are added onto the recording and some of their early stoner/doom metal style can also be heard in the slower sections of the tracks and spoken
word parts can also be heard briefly along with a couple of the tracks being long and epic in length and all of the songs stick either to a slow or mid paced musical direction.
On this recording El Camino takes black and thrash metal and mixes it in with the stoner/doom metal sound they are known for to create something very original, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Lovecraft, Darkness, Decadence and Occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from El Camino and if you are a fan of black, thrash, stoner and doom metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Into The Dark" "Penance On The Pyre" "Vengeance" and "Ordeal Of Faith". 8 out of 10.
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