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Under Victoria - (Self-Titled) - Reviewed By occultblackmetalzine ! check it out here at this link: https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2023/03/under-victoriaself-titled2023-full.html

  Under  Victoria  are  a  solo  project  from  Australia  that  plays  a  melodic  form  of  post  black  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  his  self  titled  and  self  released  2022  album.

  A  very  dark,  heavy  and  melodic  sound  starts  off  the  album  while  the  vocals  are  mostly  high  pitched  black  metal  screams.  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  also  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  along  with  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  also  adding  in  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  which  also  gives  the  music  more  of  a raw  feeling.

  When  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  melodic  post  metal  style  while  the  songs  also  add  in  a decent  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.  At  times  the  music also  gets  very  atmospheric  sounding  along  with some  clean  playing  also  being  added  into  certain  sections  of  the  recording. One  song  is  also  an  instrumental,  whispers  can  also  be  heard  briefly  and  the  last  couple  of  tracks  are  also  very  long  and  epic  in  length.

  Under  Victoria  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  the  melodic  and  post  forms  of  black  metal  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  his  own.  The  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  themes.

  In  my  opinion  Under  Victoria  are  a  very  great  sounding  melodic  post  black  metal  solo  project  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Sanctum  Saint"  "Unnamed  Birth"  and  "In  the  Name  OF'.  8  out  of  10. occultblackmetalzine

Release Date: October 31, 2022

FFO: Mgla, Alcest, Burzum

Location: Melbourne, Australia 

Short Bio: Under Victoria is a one-man band melodic black metal project from Melbourne, Australia. 

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https://www.instagram.com/under.victoriaofficial/
https://open.spotify.com/album/7FoLfwlGXcL2FhCDVDrC1d