THE BEAST

Athiel - Destroy the laws of Good - Reviewed By occultblackmetalzine ! Check it out here at this link: https://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/2023/07/athieldestroy-laws-of-good2023-full.html

  Athiel  are  a  band  from  Italy  that   has  had  music  reviewed  before  in  this  zine  and  on  this  recoding plays  a  very  satanic  and  occult  mixture  of  black  and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2023  album  "Destroy  The  Laws  Of  Good".

  A  synth  orientated  intro  starts  off  the  album  before  going  into  a  very  fast,  raw  and  brutal  direction  which  also  utilizes  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast b eats.  Melodies'  are  also  added  into  some  of  the  guitar  riffing  and  all  of  the  musical  instruments  also  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Vocals a re  mostly  high  pitched  black  emtal  screams  while  the  songs  also  add  in  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts.  Acoustic  guitars  can  also  be  heard  on  a  couple  of  songs  along  with  the  solos  and  leads  also   being  done  in  a  very  melodic  style  as  well  as  some  death  metal  growls  also  being  utilized  at  times,  one  of  the  tracks  is  also  an  instrumental  and  synths  also  make  a  brief  return.

  On  this  recording  Athiel  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  a  satanic  and  occult  form  of  black  metal  and  mixes  it  with  death  metal  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own   The  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  Anti  Cosmic  Satanism,  Necromancy,  Chaos  and  Death  themes.

  In  my  opinion this  is  another  great  sounding  album  from  Athiel  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  satanic  and  occult  black  and  death  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  recording.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Sitra  Achra"  and  "Chant  For  Azagoth".  8  out  of  10. occultblackmetalzine  

Release Date: 20/07/2023

FFO: Dissection-Watain-Behemoth

Location: Sardinia-Italy

Short Bio: Athiel is a black/death metal band founded by Dann XI in 2020. The band was forged to spread the word of Darkness and the essence of absolute nothingness. The first release dates back to 2022 with the EP Birth from Darkness. In July 2023 it comes out Destroy the laws of Good,the debut Album. The future is very full of interesting projects.

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Follow the band at these links:

https://instagram.com/athiel_band_218
https://open.spotify.com/album/7zaC69XCjvD9RPGOAL3wf4
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI_OkwmXcByXb4MN8JitAIm79O1xU3WHf
https://athiel.bandcamp.com/album/destroy-the-laws-of-good