Thos Ælla are a solo project from Georgia that plays an old school and melodic form of blackened death metal and this is a review of his 2022 album "Sempiternal Mobocracies" which will be released in April by I, Voidhanger Records.
Acoustic guitars start off the album along with some orchestration a few seconds later which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Elements of thrash metal can also be heard in some of the guitar riffing while the riffs also add in a great amount of melody and the vocals a re a mixture of black metal screams and death emtal growls.
Most of the album is also very heavily rooted in the 90's era while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. At times the music also gets very progressive sounding along with some touches of death'n'roll also being added into the mid tempo sections of the songs and the tracks also mix in a great amount of traditional metal influences.
When the music speeds up a decent amount of tremolo picking and blast beats can also be heard along with some melodic vocals also being added into certain sections of the recording. Clean playing can also be heard on some of the tracks and a couple of the songs are also long and epic in length and as the album progresses shouting style vocals and spoken word parts can also be heard briefly. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the cosmic horror of H.P Lovecraft and the sword and sorcery of Robert E. Howard.
In my opinion Thos Ælla are a very great sounding old school and melodic mixture of black and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Transcending Chronology Towards An Inexorable Future" "This Firestorm Of Retribution" "Winds of PestilenceCarry the Dust of Angelic Bones" and "Conjured to Conquer (We Drink From the Chalice Of Triumph)". 8 out of 10.
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sempiternal-mobocracies
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