BlackWeald are a musical project from Hungary that plays a ritualistic mixture of dark ambient, drone and field recordings and this is a review of their self titled 2021 album "666 Minutes In Hell" which is also over 11 hours in length.
Ritualistic soundscapes start off the album while the music also adds in a great amount of dark ambient style synths. A lot of the songs are also very long and epic in length along with some of the tracks also adding in field recordings along with one of the songs also introducing Gregorian chants onto the album.
Clean vocals can also be heard in certain sections of the recording while some songs also adding in spoken word parts. When pianos are utilized they also give the music more of an experimental and avant garde atmosphere along with the whispers and demonic voices also enhancing the ritualistic nature of the recording.
Some of the tracks are also instrumentals while some tracks also mix in a decent amount of drones and cinematic soundscapes. Most of the songs also sound very different from each other along with the spoken word parts also giving the album more of a narrative atmosphere when they are utilized.
A couple of the songs also introduces electric and acoustic guitars, clean playing and drum beats onto the album along with one track also introducing programmed beats and industrial influences onto the recording. and as the album progresses female vocals can also be heard on a couple of songs as well as the music also having its atmospheric moments, some tracks also show an influence of black metal and a later track also introduces homemade instruments into the music. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics are a concept album based upon hell, death, the black arts and Hungarian gloom.
In my opinion Black Weald are a very great sounding mixture of ritual, dark ambient, drone and filed recordings and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this solo project. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Iron Walls Of Dis" "Earily Howling Crypts" "Pape Satan, Pape Satan Aleppe" and "Eternity Opens". 8 out of 10.
https://blackweald.bandcamp.com/album/666-minutes-in-hell
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