VĀMĀCĀRA are a band from Germany that plays a psychedelic mixture of black, doom and death metal with elements of stoner rock and this is a review of their 2022 album "Cosmic Fires: The Enlightenment Reversed" which will be released on April 29th by MDD Records.
&0's influenced riffing starts off the album while the psychedelic elements also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. Dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with the vocals being mostly grim yet high pitched black metal screams and spoken word parts can also be heard briefly.
When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats and tremolo picking can be heard while death metal growls can also be heard at times. All of the musical instruments on the recording also having a very powerful sound to them and the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts.
The slower sections of the songs are very heavily rooted in doom metal along with the music also adding in touches of stoner rock, oriental and western music into certain sections of the album. Clear vocals and clean playing can also be heard on some of the tracks, whispers can also be heard in some parts of the recording and one song also adds in a brief use of female vocals. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are written in a mixture of English, Greek, Polish and Turkish and cover Left hand Philosophy and Illumination themes.
In my opinion VĀMĀCĀRA are a very great sounding psychedelic mixture of black, doom, death metal and stoner rock and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Alchemical Symbolism" and "Brought Up By The Moon". 8 out of 10.
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