This is a review of 3 way split between Spain and Venezuela's Aversio Humanitatis, Selbst, and Nihil, 3 bands that all share a member and the album is called Three Ways Of Consciousness" and was released by Self Mutilation Services during the year of 2013 and we will start off the review with Aversio Humanitatis a band that plays a very dark and grim form of black metal.
"Spears Of Unlight" which is the first song on the split opens up with fast, heavy and melodic black metal guitar riffs along with some drums and a dark atmosphere and a few seconds later high pitched and grim sounding depressive screams start to kick in along with some blast beats a few seconds later before going into a more mid paced direction while keeping the faster parts around in certain sections.
"Psalm Of The Wandering" starts with dark and heavy sounding guitar riffs and drums and starts getting fast a few seconds later along with some blast beats and hateful sounding black metal screams but mostly sticks to a mid paced direction along with some melodic guitar riffing as well as mixing in some slower sections and guitar leads.
"Shrine Of Involution" which is also their last song begins with some soft and clean playing and a minute later fast black metal guitar and bass riffs along with some drums and screams kick in as well as adding in some dark sounding melodies to the guitar riffing and after a couple of minutes the song starts to go into a more slow and atmospheric direction but does return to both the clean and fast elements towards the end.
Song lyrics cover dark and metaphysical themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and dark sound to it.
In my opinion Aversio Humanitatis are a very great sounding dark, grim and melodic black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Psalm Of The Wandering". RECOMMENDED.
Next up is Selbst a duo that plays an dark, heavy and melodic form of black metal.
"Slaves Cults Of Idolatry" opens up their side of the split with heavy, dark and melodic sounding black metal guitar riffs before adding in some powerful bass guitars and drums and a minute later the dark screams start to kick in which leads to the song going into a faster direction along with some blast beats and after awhile the music slows down a bit and a brief bass lead comes into the song for a few seconds which also leads up to the song alternating between slow and fast parts and towards the end there is a brief use of melodic guitar solos being utilized.
"Ninguna Devocion" which is also their last song starts up with fast and heavy old school black metal and guitar riffs along with some drums and grim screams before going into a slower direction while also alternating between slow and fast parts as well as mixing in some blast beats
Song lyrics cover Antidogmatism, and Individualism, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and dark sound while you can still hear all of the musical instruments that are present on their side of the recording and after awhile the music starts gettign more diverse in sound and the song closes with a guitar solo.
In my opinion Selbst are a very great sounding dark, heavy and melodic sounding black metal duo and if you are a fan of this musical genre you should enjoy their side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK "Slaves Cults Of Idolatry". RECOMMENDED.
Closing the split is Nihil a 1 man band that plays a Lovecraft inspired form of black metal.
"Monolithos I" opens up their side of the split with some dark and heavy guitar riffing along with some melodic guitar leads a few seconds later which also leads up to some drums and grim sounding black metal screams as well as some melodic riffing and after a couple of minutes the music gets faster along with some blast beats before alternating between slow and fast parts as well as adding in some powerful bass guitars and towards the end there is a brief use of melodic guitar leads.
"Monolithos II" begins with some dark sounding guitar riffs and a few seconds later drums, grim black metal screams and clean guitars start to come in as well as some melodic guitar solos and then the music gets a litter bit faster along with some blast beats before alternating between slow and fast parts and halfway through the song the music starts getting a lot more diverse in sound and towards the end there is a brief use of melodic clean singing vocals being utilized along with more guitar solos.
Song lyrics cover H.P Lovecraft themes, while the production has a very strong, powerful, heavy and dark sound where you can hear all of the musical instruments that are present on their side of the recording along with the last song being very long and epic in length.
In my opinion Nihil are a very great sounding Lovecraft inspired melodic black metal project and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out his side of the split. RECOMMENDED TRACK ""Monolithos II". RECOMMENDED.
In conclusion I feel this is a very great sounding split and I would recommend it to all fans of dark, heavy and melodic black metal. RECOMMENDED BUY.
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