Lykoszine

Old School melodic black metal of the corpse paint variety. Trem picked guitars drive the songs with mid-paced melodies with keyboards only occurring for the creepy intros and occasional interlude. The vocals are a throaty snarl but its fairly easy to make out the lyrics. Topics covered include witches and lycantrophy. Tracks tend to start with an acoustic intro with a spooky whisper overlayed and this technique gets overused. Otherwise the dynamics aren’t bad with pace changes occurring fairly frequently. The album clocks in at just under an hour with 6 full length songs so some could definitely be trimmed down a bit. The production is quite trebly but not hissy and is mixed quite well although the bass and kick drums are fairly low in the mix. Despite this, the sound is good and not harsh on the ear. Overall, its not bad but I can think of a good few other albums that it sounds like and it could do with something to make it a little more different.