IATT are a band from Pennsylvania that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a very melodic and progressive form of blackened death metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Magnum Opus" which was released by Black Lion Records.
Acoustic guitars and stringed instruments start off the album before going into more of a heavier and melodic musical direction. Orchestra sounds can also be heard at times while the faster sections of the songs also add in a decent amount of blast beats and the vocals are a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams.
At times the music also gets very progressive sounding while clear vocals can also be heard in certain sections of the recording. All of the musical instruments on the album also have a very powerful sound to them along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Tremolo picking is also added into some of the faster riffing along with the guitar solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style when they are utilized as well as some of the songs also adding in a small amount of saxophones, clean playing can also be heard on some of the songs and a great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the esoteric sciences of Alchemy from the 17th century.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from IATT and if you are a fan of melodic and progressive blackened death metal, you should check out this recording. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Servitude, Subjagate" "Elixir Of Immortality" "Planes Of Our Existence" and 'Chrysopoeia". 8 out of 10.
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