THE BEAST

Nhialic - Medz Yeghern - Reviewed By Occultblackmetalzine ! Check it out here at this link: https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2022/02/nhialicmedz-yeghern2022-ep-review.html

Nhialic  are  an  international  duo  with  members  from  Armenia  and  Sudan  that  plays  a  very  melodic  and  old  school  form  of  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2022  ep  "Medz  Yeghern".

  A  very  dark  yet  heavy  sound  starts  off  the  ep  while  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  also  add  in  a  decent  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  which  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a  raw  feeling.  Spoken  word  parts  can  also  be  heard  on  a  couple  of  tracks  while  the  riffs  also  add  in  a  great amount  of  melody.

  Vocals  are  mostly  grim  yet  high  pitched  sounding  black  metal  screams  while  synths  can  also  be  heard  in  some  parts  of  the  recording.  The  songs  also  add  in  a  decent  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  some  clean  playing  also  being  utilized  briefly  as  well  as  the  music  also  showing  an  influence  of  the  classic  Swedish  style  at  times,  on  some  tracks  the  vocals  also  add  in  more  of  a  deep  and  demonic  style  and  one  song  is  also  an  instrumental  and  flutes  are  also  added  on  the  closing  track.  

  Nhialic  plays  a  style  of  black  metal  that  is  very  melodic  and  old  school  in  the  mid  90's  to  early  2000's  tradition.  The  production  sounds  very  dark  and  raw  while t he  lyrics  cover  History,  Literature  and  Darkness  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Nhialic  are  a  very  great  sounding  melodic  and  old  school  black  duo  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Waltz  Into  Darkness"  and  "Medz  Yeghern".  8  out  of  10. - Occultblackmetalzine

Release Date: Jan 14, 2022

FFO: Dissection, Old Man's Child, Watain

Location: Armenia

NHIALIC is an international black metal duo based in Sudan / Armenia. Mainly influenced by acts such as Dissection, Old Man's Child and Watain , members Animae (vocals / guitars / bass) and Corpus (drums / synth) teamed up mixing cultures of each other homeland; infact, while band name NHIALIC name comes from Dinka religion (Sudan), title of the release comes from a "Big Evil Crime" (Medz Yeghern) made by Ottoman Empire better known in history as "Armenian Genocide". NHIALIC debut EP involves different themes such as History, Literature and off course Darkness.

Being more specific:
- History ("Painting Revenge" talks about italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi while "Medz Yeghern" talks about 
Armenian Genocide)
- Literature (lyrics "Waltz Into Darkness" are inspired from Cornell Woolrich's novel from 1947)
- Darkness ("Underworld Supremacy")

This release feat. also, an instrumental track ("Der Herbst", which stands per "The Autumn" in German language) which is a tribute to band favorite season. NHIALIC published two singles before the EP release

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Follow the band at these links:

nhialicband@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/nhialicband
https://www.reverbnation.com/nhialic