Existence: Void are a band from Portugal that plays a very avant garde form of black metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Anatman" which was released as a joint effort between Non Liberatio and Gruesome Records.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album while also introducing orchestration onto the recording which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can be heard and the vocals ar e mostly grim sounding black metal screams.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the music also has its avant garde moments. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the guitar solos and leads also bringing in more of a progressive style and all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.
Angry shouts can also be heard in some parts of the recording along with one track also adding in a brief use of spoken word parts. Some of the songs are also very long and epic in length as well as some clean playing also being added into certain sections of the album, samples and growls can also be heard at times. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover nihilism themes.
In my opinion Existence: Void are a very great sounding avant garde black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Tome Of Void" "Sword Of The Overman" and "Metamorphosis Of Man". 8 out of 10.
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