Consecration are a band from the United Kingdom that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays a tortured form of funeral doom/death metal and this is a review of their 2019 album "Fragilium" which was released by Solitude Productions.
Acoustic guitar playing starts off the album and they also are used on later tracks as well while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. All of the tracks are very long and epic in length along with the first track being an instrumental, whispered vocals can also be heard briefly.
On the second tracks the music goes into more of a heavier funeral doom metal direction while also introducing death metal growls onto the recording. The riffs also add in a decent amount of dark sounding melodies as well as the guitar leads being done in a very dark and melodic style when they are utilized.
A decent amount of 90's era doom/death metal influences can also be heard in the bands musical style. When screams are utilized they add in a touch of black metal as well as the music also adding in a decent mixture of both slow and mid tempo sections and as the album progresses clean playing can be heard in certain sections of the recording. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover death, despair, darkness and occultism themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Consecration and if you are a fan of funeral doom/death metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "A Sentinel For The Fragile" and "To Welcome The Grey". 8 out of 10.
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