Machinations Of Fate are a band from Kentucky that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a melodic mixture of black, death and thrash metal and this is a review of their 2023 album "Celestial Prophecies" which was released by Redefining Darkness Records.
A very heavy and melodic sound starts off the album while you can also hear all of the musical instruments that are present on the recording. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard along with the vocals being mostly black metal screams and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. One song also introduces acoustic guitars, clean playing and stringed instruments onto the recording along with some of the heavier riffing also bringing in elements of death and thrash metal as well as couple of songs also being instrumentals.
On this recording machinations Of Fate remain true to the melodic mixture of black, death and thrash metal that they had established on their previous release. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark, scientific, philosophical and esoteric themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Machinations Of Fate and if you are a fan of melodic black, death and thrash metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Split Second Of Divinity" "Cosmic Womb" "Void Indoctrination Ritual" and "Demise". 8 out of 10.
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