Serpent Omega are a band from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a mixture of sludge, doom metal and crust with some elements of black metal, d beat and NWOBHM and this is a review of their 2020 album "II" which was released by Icons Creating Evil Art.
Dark soundscapes start off the album along with some heavier riffing a few seconds later while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Vocals are done in a sludge style of screaming along as well as the riffs also adding in a decent amount of melody and the slower riffs also add in the heaviness of doom metal.
Clean vocals are also added into some parts of the recording while some of the tracks are also very long and epic in length. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very dark yet melodic style along with some the more darker riffing and screams also adding in elements of black metal.
Some of the melodies also show an influence of NWOBHM along with some tremolo picking and blast beats also being utilized when the music speeds up as well as the mid tempo sections also introducing touches of crust punk and d beat onto the recording, whispers and spoken word parts can also be heard on the closing track. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover mythological, death and space themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Serpent Omega and if you are a fan of sludge, doom metal and crust punk, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Land Of Darkness" "Through the Gates" and "At The Mountains Edge".8out of 10.
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