Goblin Hovel are a band from New York that plays an avant garde mixture of folk and death metal and this is a review of their self released 2024 album "Gpbischkevrot".
Nature sounds and acoustic guitars start off the album before going into a heavier direction while the harsh vocals bring in a mixture of angry shouts, black metal screams and death metal growls. Folk instruments also mix in with the heavy side of the music and blast beats are also added into the faster sections of the songs.
Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing while the album also has its avant garde moments. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very old school extreme metal style along with some spoken word parts are also added on some of the tracks and throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Power metal style vocals are also added into certain sections of the recording along with some of the songs also having narrative interludes in between them. Keyboards are also utilized at times as well as a couple of the tracks also being very long and epic in length. One song also adds in a small amount of female vocals, throat singing can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon a beleaguered clan of goblins seeking mystical power in a desperate struggle for survival in a human dominated world.
In my opinion Goblin Hovel are a very great sounding avant garde mixture of folk and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Gobischkevrot" "Borokol I" "Moon's Fist" and "Crineiga'. 8 out of 10.
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