Martikor are a band from San Francisco, California that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays an atmospheric and experimental mixture of black, sludge and post metal and this is a review of their self released "Acedia" which will be released in April.
Distorted sounds and clean playing starts off the album while spoken word parts can also be heard in the background briefly before going into a heavier post metal direction. At times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding along with the slower sections of the songs also adding in elements of sludge metal.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal s creams while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with the music also going into on experimental direction in certain sections of the album.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with most of the tracks also being very long and epic in length. Keyboards are also utilized quite a bit throughout the album, clear vocals are also added on some of the songs, acoustic guitars can also be heard briefly and when the music speeds up a small amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can also be heard. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover mourning and brief themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Martikor and if you are a fan of atmospheric and experimental black, sludge and post metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Soothing Rattle" "A Tremor In Infinity" and "Acedia". 8 out of 10.
https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/martikor/1704566355
https://martikor.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Martikor/
https://www.instagram.com/martikor_music/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5ZSJqYpRZHEdHw7P9LQYHg?si=td7eKsfITxePqQ8Yl_HAPA&nd=1&dlsi=5f1dac65c5884eb3
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpt6kcAnWrlfoccf9xnkATQ
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