Rottendawn are a band from Finland that plays a mixture of doom, death and heavy metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Occult" which will be released in September by Saturnal Records.
A very fast, dark and old school sound starts off the album along with a great amount of blast beats. A decent amount of melody can also be heard in the guitar riffing while the slower sections of the music are very heavily rooted in doom metal and all of the musical instruments also sound very powerful.
Vocals are mostly tortured death metal growls while most of the tracks are very long and epic in length. When synths are utilized they also give the music more of a ritualistic feeling along with the music also having some influences from the 70's, 80's and 90's but still retaining a modern day heaviness.
When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are done in more of an old school metal style along with the vocals also adding more of a shouting approach at times and when screams a re utilized they add in a touch of black metal and as the album progresses fast playing and blast beats also make a brief return and clear vocals and clean playing are added onto the closing track. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover darkness, death and occultism themes.
In my opinion Rottendawn are a very great sounding mixture of doom, death and heavy metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Final Lament" "Dawn Dwellers" and "Occult". 8 out of 10.
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