Stozhar are a band from Russia that has been featured before in this zien and plays folk metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Dukhomsvobody, razryvaia okovy" which was released by Stygian Crypt Productions.
Epic sounding keyboards start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while clean female vocals are also utilized quite a bit throughout the album and some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style while the songs also mix in a great amount of folk music elements. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard along with the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody.
Black metal screams can also be heard in some parts of the recording along with the songs also adding in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as a small amount of tremolo picking also being added into some of the faster riffing and as the album progresses a brief use of spoken word parts can also be heard, the closing track is also an instrumental. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in Russian and cover Slavonic Paganism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Stozhar and if you are a fan of folk metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Духом свободы, разрывая оковы..." "Павший воин" and "Холод осеннего утра...". 8 out of 10.
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