France's Les Chants Du Hasard have returned with a new recording which shows the music going for an orchestral and operatic form of black metal and this is a review of their self released 2024 album "Livre Quart" which will be released in June.
Orchestra sounds and chants start off the album along with some high pitched black emtal screams a few seconds later. The songs also add in a great amount of operatic vocals and choirs while also adding in a lot of symphonic and classical music elements and at times the recording also brings in a very ritualistic atmosphere.
The whole album also avoids the use of any traditional instruments except for the harsh vocals bringing that style onto the recording. Female vocals are also added on some of the tracks along with some growls also being utilized at times as well as one of the songs also being very long and epic in length.
On this recording Les Chants Du Hasrd focuses more on a extreme and orchestral style of opera as well as mixing in black metal vocals to create something very different. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics are written in French and cover the writings of Charles Baudelaire.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Les Chants Du Husard and if you are a fan of black metal, orchestra and opera music, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Parmi Les Poussieres" "Sous La Mitre De Fer" and "Les Ombres Vagabondes". 8 out of 10.
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