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Phthumulha are a band from Iceland that plays a mixture of black, sludge, funeral doom metal and drone and this is a review of their 2024 album "Tungumal svarthola" which was released by Kvlt und Kaos Productions.
Drum beats start off the album before adding in some drones and powerful sounding bass guitar leads. Elements of sludge and funeral doom metal are also added into the slower sections of the songs while the vocals also add in a mixture of guttural death metal growls and black metal screams.
Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while dark sounding melodies can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing. Blast beats and tremolo picking can also be heard on a couple of songs when the music speeds up along with a couple of the tracks also being ambient orientated instrumentals which also add in small amount of synths
Phthunulha plays a musical style that takes black, sludge, funeral doom metal and drone and mixes them together to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very dark and heavy while the lyrics are written in Icelandic and cover dark poetry, existential dread, cosmic insignificance and the beauty found within the embrace of oblivion.
In my opinion Phthumulha are a very great sounding mixture of black, sludge, funeral doom metal and drone and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Multhulu" and "Phthumulha". 8 out of 10.
https://www.instagram.com/pthumulhu/
https://kvltundkaosproductions.bandcamp.com/album/tungum-l-svarthola
https://youtu.be/vJbJh1xrSCU
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