Warlust are a band from Germany that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a very melodic mixture of black, death and thrash metal and this is a review of their 2024 album "Sol Invictvs In Vmbrae Satanae" which will be released in September by Dying Victims Productions.
A very distorted sound starts off the album along with angry black metal screams a few seconds later before going into a heavier direction. Melodies are also added into a lot of the guitar riffing while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them and t he solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard while the songs also add in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Death metal growls can also be heard at times along with the riffs also adding in a great amount of thrash metal elements, clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording.
One song also adding in a brief use of whisper and as the album progresses clear vocals can also be heard briefly along with a couple of the tracks also being very long and epic in length, acoustic guitars are also added towards the end. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism, Mythology, War, Devastation and Torture themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Warlust and if you are a fan of melodic black, death and thrash metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Serpent Crown" "Forgotten Cult Of Chronos" and "Black SOuls". 8 out of 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kgI6bpDVfc
https://dyingvictimsproductions.bandcamp.com/album/sol-invictvs-in-vmbrae-satanae