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Matianak (USA) - Compilación De Insaniam - Reviewed by OccultBlackMetalZine! Thursday July 7 2022, 3:13 PM

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Matianak (USA) - Compilación De Insaniam - Reviewed by OccultBlackMetalZine ! Check it out here at this link: https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2022/06/matianakcompilacion-de-insaniam2020.html

Matianak are a band from Chicago, Illinois that plays a very raw and melodic form of black metal and this is a review of their self released 2022 album "Compilación De Insaniam".

A very dark sounding synth orientated intro starts off the album along with some chants in the background before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them.

Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. The tracks also add in a decent mixture of both old school and modern influences along with some death metal growls also being utilized at times as well as a later track also introducing clean playing onto the recording.

Matianak plays a style of black metal that is very raw, melodic and aggressive sounding. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover death, gore, murder, horror, the mentally insane, occultism and voodoo themes.

In my opinion Matianak are a very great sounding raw and melodic black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Psychedelic Insanity" "Homicidal Offering" and "Voodoo Possession". 8 out of 10. - OccultBlackMetalZine

Release Date: November 27, 2020

FFO: Watain, Dissection, Emperor

Location: Chicago, IL

Formed in 2014, Matianak (MAH-TEA-AH-NAH) which means death of a child that is also known as pontianak which is an Indonesian folklore vampiric ghost witch that died from stillbirth, was created by the vocalist Arelys Jimenez. A Black metal band from Chicago with an evil twist, hellish banshee screams, and dark evil tunes. This Vision of the band is to express the music through theatrical visuals in our performances and take you into the minds of the mentally insane. We want you to feel our music as a story itself. We use real animal bones, candles, feathers, fire, and dark imagery. The creativity through our dark arts consists of cultural influences, a variety of music genres, horror, tribes, and real stories of the mentally unstable. Our lyrics are based on real people and some personal experiences. Our goal is to give you a show of a disturbing cult tribe world and make you feel uneasy with our visuals, imagery, our performances, and music.

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