Asphodelus are a band from Finland that plays an atmospheric mixture of goth, doom and death metal with some elements of black metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Stygian Dreams" which will be released in February by Terror From Hell Records.
A very dark sounding intro starts off the album along with some symphonic sounding keyboards a few seconds later which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the music at times along with the vocals being mostly death metal growls while all of the musical instruments have a very powerful sound to them.
Most of the music is very heavily rooted in the 90's while the slower sections of the songs bring in a great amount of doom metal elements along with the riffs also bringing in a great amount of melody as well as the solos and leads also being done in a very melodic style, clean playing and acoustic guitars can also be heard in certain sections of the recording and as the album progresses some black and goth influences can also be heard and the music sticks to mostly a slow or mid tempo direction and a couple of the tracks are very long and epic in length.
Asphodelus plays a music style that goes back to the 90's era of atmospheric doom/death and goth metal and mixes them with a touch of black metal to create a sound of their own, the production sounds very old school while the lyrics cover darkness, death, sorrow and occult themes.
In my opinion Asphodelus are a very great sounding atmospheric mixture of goth, doom and death 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 "Lamentation of The Lost Souls" "Stygian Dreaming" and "Where Freezing Spirits Fall". 8 out of 10.
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