SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021
Mondfinsternis/Nocturne/Crush The Desert Records/2021 CD Review
Russia's Mondfinsternis has returned with a new recording which shows them once again moving away from the pagan black metal style of earlier releases and going for a fantasy orientated mixture of dungeon synth and dark ambient and this is a review of their 2021 album "Nocturne" which was released by Crush The Desert Records.
Dungeon synth style synths start off the album and also give the music a fantasy movie orientated atmosphere while also adding in a variety of many different sounding keys. Touches of classical music can also be heard at times along with the music also adding in a very medieval sound at times.
Programmed beats are also utilized in some parts of the recording while all of the tracks also sound very different from each other. One song also adds in a brief use of winter sounds along with the music also adding in a decent amount of dark ambient elements and a couple of the songs are long and epic in length as well as all of the album also sticking to an instrumental direction.
On this recording Mondfinsternis continues the move away away from the pagan black metal style and creates a very fantasy orientated mixture of dungeon synth and dark ambient that is very heavily rooted by the keyboards sections of Summoning albums while the production also sounds very dark.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Mondifinsternis and while some black metal fans might not like the new direction, I can see this album appealing to fans of dungeon synth and dark ambient. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Nocturne" "Dark River" "Eternal Sun" and "Epitaph". 8 out of 10.
