Riitasointu are a duo from Finland that plays a mixture of black and folk metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Pedon Leikki" which will b e released in March by Naturmacht Productions.
Nature sounds start off the album along with some acoustic guitars and folk instruments a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. Vocals are mostly grim sounding black metal screams mixed in with some clean pagan vocals and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Spoken word parts can also be heard briefly while the riffs also add in a decent amount of melody and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with the folk music elements also being mixed in with the heavier sections of the songs at times.
When the music finally speeds up a small amount of blast beats can also be heard along with one of the tracks also adding in a brief use of clean playing and most of the album sticks to either a slow or mid tempo direction., the closing track is also an instrumental The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Finnish and cover tales from the Tavastia region and the writings of Aleksis Kiva.
I{n my opinion Riitasointu are a very great sounding mixture of black and folk metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this duo. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "1050" "Pedon Leikki" and "Impivaara". 8 out of 10.
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