This is a review of an album from Maryland's solo project Exiled Hope which shows the music going for a melodic and symphonic mixture of black, death, gothic and power metal and this is a review of her self released album "Apocrypha" which will be released in 2025.
Tragic sounding keyboards start off the album while also bringing in symphonic elements which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. When clear vocals are utilized they add in touches of gothic and power metal along with the riffs also adding in a lot of melody and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Black metal screams and death metal growls are also utilized quite a bit throughout the recording while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. When the music speeds up a small amount of blast beats can also be heard along with one song also being very long and epic in length and most of the album sticks to either a slow or mid tempo direction, one song is also an instrumental.
On this recording Exiled Hope takes a very melodic and symphonic form of black metal and mixes it with death, gothic and power metal to create something very original. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark fantasy themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Exiled Hope and if you are a fan of melodic and symphonic black, death, gothic and power metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Day Will Come" "Altar Of Moloch" "Deathslayer" and "Forbidden majesties". 8 out of 10.
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