Germany's [ BOLT ] has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a mixture of drone, black, sludge and doom metal and this is a review of their 2023 double album [ 05 ]" which was released by dunk!Records.
Drums and percussion start of the album while the music also gets very experimental, avant garde and improvised at times. All of the tracks are also very long and epic in length along with some clean playing also being added into certain sections of the recording and most of the music is instrumental.
Elements of sludge and doom metal can also be heard in the slower sections of the songs while melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them along with some of the tracks also adding in a good amount of drones.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic post metal style along with the faster sections of the music also adding in black metal style tremolo picking and blast beats as well as the synths also bringing in touches of ambient when they are utilized, sounds of silence, whispers and female vocals can also be heard for a few seconds and the production also sounds very dark.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from [ BOLT ] and if you are a fan of drone, black, sludge and doom metal, you should check out this double album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "White Concrete" and "Petite Fieur Des Champs". 8 out of 10.
https://wearebolt.bandcamp.com/album/0-5