Monday, April 16, 2012

Svytogor/Doctor Veritas/Svarga Music/2012 CD Review


  Svytogor are a band from Ukraine that plays an experimental form of pagan black metal with a death metal edge to it and this is a review of their 2012 album "Doctor Veritas" which was released by Svarga Music.

Drums range from slow, mid paced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown into the music at times, while the saxophones and when they are utilized they bring jazz and art rock influences to the music as well as some experimental and avant garde parts in addition there is some keyboards being used at times that bring an epic feeling to the music, as for the bass playing it has a very strong and powerful tone with riffs that dominate throughout the recording.

Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast pagan/black metal riffs that are very raw and primitive at times but still utilize some dark sounding melodies and death and thrash metal influences in the heavier part of their riffing in addition there is a brief use of soft and clean playing being utilized on one song, while the lead guitars when they are utilized are very melodic sounding guitar solos and leads that are heavily influenced by traditional metal, as for the acoustic guitars when they are utilized they use finger picking to ad more variety to the music.

Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams with some deep death metal growls being used at times as well as some spoken word parts in addition there are some whispered vocals, while the lyrics are written in Russian, Ukrainian, English and French with themes that cover dark, spiritual and Slavic Paganism themes, as for the production it has a very strong and powerful sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on this recording.

In my opinion Svytogor are a very great sounding experimental pagan/black metal band with a death metal edge and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "In Memory Of Fallen Heroes" "Doctor Veritas" "Spit And Forget" and "Reincarnation Of Thoughts". RECOMMENDED BUY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZxthy74FM0

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