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Brundarkh - Those Born Of Fire & Shadow - Reviewed By darkdoomgrinddeath! Saturday August 19 2023, 5:36 PM

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Brundarkh - Those Born Of Fire & Shadow - Reviewed By darkdoomgrinddeath ! Check it out here at this link: https://darkdoomgrinddeath.blogspot.com/2023/07/brundarkhthose-born-of-fire-shadow2023.html

Brundarkh are a band from South Africa that plays a symphonic and melodic mixture of black, doom and death metal and this is a review of t heir self released 2023 album "Those born Of Fire & Shadow".

A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album along with some symphonic sounding orchestrations a few seconds later. All of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them while the vocals are a mixture of death metal growls and black metal screams.

Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing while the slower sections of the songs also b ring in elements of doom metal. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can also be heard along with the songs also adding in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts, clear vocals are also added on a couple of tracks and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style and one song also adds in a brief use of horror movie samples.

Brundarkh plays a musical style that takes symphonic black, melodic death and doom metal and mixes them together to create a sound of their own. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover dark fantasy and the writings of J.R.R Tolkien.

In my opinion Brundarkh are a very great sounding symphonic and melodic mixture of black, doom and death metal and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Dark Tree" "Lair Of the Gloomweaver" and "Dead Marsh Revenants". 8 out of 10. darkdoomgrinddeath

Release Date: 6th of March 2023

FFO: Stormlord, Eternal Tears Of Sorrow, Wolfheart

Location: South Africa/the Netherlands

Brundarkh is a melodic death metal project inspired by dark fantasy stories and founded in late 2020 by Heino Brand. Shortly after he was joined by Caleb Bingham and they released their first single Wraith Dominion. The track featured a guest solo by guitarist, Jori Haukio of Mors Principium Est and dealt with the Ringwraiths from J.R.R. Tolkien's, "The Lord Of The Rings". During 2021 they produced the EP Haunted Worlds, mixed at Nightmare Sound and mastered by Thomas "Plec" Johansson of The Panic Room. The tracks Tower Of Blood and Bells Of The Drowned explored the stories of Elizabeth Bathory and the video game Diablo IV. Their new album Those Born Of Fire And Shadow is inspired by places and characters from Tolkien's literary work, "The Silmarillion". The album features guest artists from Wolfheart, Before The Dawn, Dawn of Solace, Mors Principium Est, and Eternal Tears Of Sorrow. The music blends melodic death metal, black metal, doom metal, and symphonic metal. It is sure to be a dark and dreadfully dangerous journey through Middle-Earth.

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