Abysmal Grief are a band from Italy that plays a gothic and occult form of doom metal and this is a review of their 2015 album "Strange Rites Of Evil" which was released by Horror Records.
Church style organs and choirs start off the album and they also mix in with the heavier guitars a few seconds later giving the music more of a gothic doom metal feeling and after a couple of minutes melodic yet rough vocals are added onto the recording and they also bring in a touch of black metal onto the recording.
Most of the songs are very long and epic in length and when solos and leads are utilized they are done in a very dark and melodic musical direction and violins can also be heard in the music at times and all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them and all of the songs stick to a very slow musical direction and clean playing is added onto the last track.
Abysmal Grief plays a musical style that takes the darkest forms of goth and doom metal and mixes it in with a black metal vocal approach to create a musical style of their own, the production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Divinition, Occultism, Funeral Mysticism and Horrr themes.
In my opinion Abysmal Grief are a very great sounding mixture of goth and occult doom metal with a touch of black metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Strange Rites Of Evil" and "Child Of Darkness". 8 out of 10.
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