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Keyboards start off the album before going into a heavier direction while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. When the music speeds up a great amount of blast b eats can be heard along with the riffs also adding in elements of thrash metal and the vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams.
Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Death metal growls are also utilzied at times along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, tremolo picking is also added into some of the faster riffing.
Spoken words can also be heard on a couple of tracks along with one song also adding in a brief use of clean playing, the closing track is also very long and epic in length. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanic Gnosticism, existential dread, anti0-religious critique and the darker corners of human nature.
In my opinion Shroud are a very great sounding melodic mixture of black, death and thrash metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Eternal Void" "Darkest Night" and "Abaddon". 8 out of 10.
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