Eternal Crypt are a band from new York that plays a melodic and progressive mixture of black, folk and power metal and this is a review of their self released 2024 album "Stages Of Grief".
Epic sounding keyboards and orchestration start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing while blast beats are also added into the faster sections of the tracks and the harsh vocals are mostly black metal screams.
All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Spoken words can also be heard at times along with the some of the melodies also adding in a good amount of medieval folk music touches.
Power metal style singing is also a very huge part of the recording along with the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style. At times the music also gets very progressive and symphonic sounding , tremolo picking can also be heard in some of the faster riffing. Some tracks also add in a small amount of death metal growls and as the album progresses pianos, clean playing and acoustic guitars are also introduced as well as one song also being an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover mysticism, nature and isolation themes.
In my opinion Eternal Crypt are a very great sounding melodic and progressive mixture of black, folk and power metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Death Notice" "Stone In My Heart" and "Death Bed". 8/5 out of 10.
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