Unsouling are a solo project from Minnesota that plays an experimental mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of his 2025 album "Outward Streams of Devotional Woe" which was released by i, Voidhanger Records.
Synths start off the album and also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs while some tracks also add in a small amount of clean playing. All of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them along with the vocals being mostly high pitched black metal screams and melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing.
Death metal growls are also utilized at times while a couple of the tracks are also long and epic in length. Blast beats are also added into the faster sections of the album 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 fast riffing.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with some tracks also adding in influences of goth rock and darkwave. Spoken words can also be heard briefly as well as the album also having its experimental moment, whispers are also introduced on a later song. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover loss and grief from a spiritual and metaphysical point of view.
In my opinion Unsouling are a very great sounding experimental 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 "Immaterial Existence" "Grief Reconfigured" and "Dissolved In Spiritus'. 8 out of 10.
https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/outward-streams-of-devotional-woe
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