Wooden Shadow are a solo project form Finland that plays a melodic and symphonic mixture of black, death and folk metal and this is a review of his 2023 album "Eternal Land Of Wrath And Mourn" which was released by Inverse Records.
Clean playing starts off the album and also brings in elements of folk music along with some symphonic sounding keyboards a few seconds later which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs. while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.
When the music speeds up a great amount of blast b eats can be heard while the riffs also add in a lot of melody. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style along with the vocals being mostly grim sounding black metal screams and tremolo picking can be heard in some of the faster riffing.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some death metal growls also being utilized at times, clear vocals can also be heard on some of the tracks. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover nature and melancholy themes.
In my opinion Wooden Shadow are a very great sounding melodic and symphonic mixture of black, death and folk metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Nocturnal Force" "Rain of Tears" and "Dweller in The Morning Forest". 8 out of 10.
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