Today’s review is of Ukrainian Atmospheric Blackened Death Metal band Ukronakh’s debut album.
This release combines the aggressiveness of modern and fairly technical Blackened Death Metal with the elegance and transcendent aura of Atmospheric Black Metal to offer something dark, enigmatic, all-enshrouding and wretched. The full-length consists of pretty long songs with an ominous approach that may be enjoyed by any fan of modern Black Metal.
There are also some parts with feelings that remind of Atmospheric Death Metal, though the Blackened direction is much more prevalent, weaving a soundscape of wild and untamed nature. The dark atmosphere is well-preserved throughout the album, offering no rest whatsoever at the cost of some monotony. Nonetheless, the beauty beneath the extremity shows its paradoxically rotten features in these songs in all its splendour. This is a great sonic journey through vast lands of obscurity. My personal highlights are “As Shadows Wander” and “He Was Painting By The Highland Mist”.
I recommend this album to fans of Blackened Death Metal and Atmospheric Black Metal. My rating is of 8,5/10.
VARG THE MIGHTY
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