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Review: Kvad - So Old

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So Old

Label: Purity Through Fire
Year released: 2023
Duration: 51:40
Tracks: 8
Genre: Black Metal

Rating:

3.5/5

Review online: June 17, 2023
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible

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Review

My affection for Atmospheric Black Metal is well known around here, so when I see a one-man Norwegian project with a monochrome cover and song titles like “The Forest Draped Black,” I know I am going to have a good time. Kvad isn’t quite a one-man act, as there is also a drummer, so we are at least spared electronic beats, but otherwise this is just what you would expect from a band like this. The guitar sound is nicely raw, the songs are long and kind of mellow, and the production gives everything a nice hollow sound like it was recorded in a crypt. It’s not groundbreaking or anything, and there’s not a whole lot that stands out from the crowd, but it’s well done.

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