Greece's Dark Awake has returned with a new recording which continues his mixture of ritual, dark ambient, martial, neo folk and neo classical and this is a review of his 2018 ep "Will of Iron" which was released on cassette by Heathen Tribes.
Dark ambient style soundscapes and synths start off the ep while the drum beats gives the music more of a militant and martial feeling. A couple of the tracks are also very long and epic in length and at times the music also gets very atmospheric sounding. When clean vocals are utilized they add in the atmosphere of the WW2 era.
The second track is a cover of Bathory's Song to Hall Up High" which replaces the metal style with operatic female vocals and more of a neo-classical style as well as introducing whispers onto the recording. At times the music also gets very ritualistic sounding along with all of the tracks sounding very different from each other.
As the ep progresses folk instruments are added onto the recording along with the music also getting more experimental sounding. The ep also closes with a cover of Lordian Guard's Winds Of Thor". the production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover Norse Paganism and Occult Philosophy themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Dark Awake and if you are a fan of ritual, dark ambient, martial, neo folk and neo classical, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE 'Will of Iron" and "Libera Nos A Mallo". 8 out of 10.
https://darkawake.bandcamp.com/album/will-of-iron
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