Kromlek are a band from Germany that plays a melodic mixture of viking, folk, black and death metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "- III - III" which was released by Trollzorn Records.
A very heavy and melodic sound starts off the album along with some high pitched black metal screams a few seconds later. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they also add in a great amount of melody while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.
Death metal growls can also be heard at times while the synths and keyboards also give the album more of an epic atmosphere when they are utilized. When the music speeds up a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can also be heard and the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the songs also adding in a decent amount of folk metal elements. Clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with one song also adding in a brief use of viking chants, the album also has its symphonic moments as well as some spoken word parts also being utilized briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in German and cover the cosmos of pre-Christian philosophy. and worldview and its beginnings and origins.
In my opinion Kromlek are a very great sounding melodic mixture of viking, folk, black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Þursöld III Nunatak" "Totem Tales II aRktur" and "Moritvrvs Immortalis". 8 out of 10.
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