Greece's Dark Awake has returned with a new recording which continues his mixture of martial, dark ambient, neo-folk and neo-classical and this is a review of his 2020 album "The Last Hypnagogue" which was released by Steinklang Industries.
Ambient style synths and soundscapes start off the album along with some drum beats a few seconds later. When whispered vocals are utilized they give the songs more of a ritualistic feeling as well as adding in a touch of black metal while touches of goth can also be heard at times.
Elements of martial can also be heard quite a bit throughout the recording while some of the songs are instrumentals. All of the tracks also sound very different from each other along with some operatic female vocals, spoken word parts and ethnic instruments being added on the recording as the album progresses.
When percussion is utilized it gives the music more of a shamanistic and martial atmosphere along with one song mixing the percussion with neo-classical style synths, touches of neo-folk can also be heard at times and the album closes with a cover of Throbbing Gristle's "Persuasion" which also introduces clean male vocals onto the recording. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover an invocation to reincarnation and the continuing awareness that every moment of life is lived to the fullest potential.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Dark Awake and if you are a fan of martial, dark ambient, neo-folk and neo-classical RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Visuddha (Chakra Drinking)" "Voudon" and "Einsoph". 8 out of 10.
https://darkawake.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-hypnagogue
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