Qaalm are a band from Los Angeles, California that plays an atmospheric mixture of black, sludge and funeral doom metal and this is a review of their 2022 album "Resilience & Despair" which will be released in April by Hypaethrael Records.
Atmospheric soundscapes and keyboards start of the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with the slower sections of the songs also being heavily rooted in funeral doom metal and capturing the heaviness of sludge metal.
All of the tracks are also very long and epic in length while the vocals bring in a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams. Clear vocals can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of melody and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style, spoken word parts can also be heard on a couple of songs as well as one track also adding in a brief use of stringed instruments and all of the music also sticks to a slower direction and at times you can also hear an influence of post rock.
Qaalm plays a musical style that takes atmospheric black, sludge and funeral doom metal and mixes them together to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover personal experiences, depression and adverse aspects of humanity.
In my opinion Qaalm are a very great sounding mixture of atmospheric black, sludge and funeral doom metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Reflections Doubt" and "Lurking Death". 8 out of 10.
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