Metsän Alttari are a solo project from Finland that plays a mixture of folk and black metal and this is a review of his self titled 2024 album which was released by Inverse Records.
Acoustic guitars start off the album along with some folk instruments a few seconds later which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing along with the faster sections of the songs also adding in a decent amount of blast beats and keyboards can also be heard at times, some of the tracks also add in a small amount of power metal vocals and tremolo picking is also added into some of the faster riffs.
Metsän Alttari plays a musical style that takes black, power and folk metal and mixes them together to create a sound of his own. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Finnish and cover heroic, gloomy and blissful themes.
In my opinion Metsän Alttari is a very great sounding mixture of folk and black metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Jäätyneen järven tuolla puolen" and "Vampyyri". 8 out of 10.
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https://metsanalttari.bandcamp.com
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