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The debut album from dominating one-man Swedish blackened death metal project, Svartkonst!
Every so often a solid slab of black metal comes to smash other bands to bits. Such is the case herein and it is but the work of one man. All of the music has been composed, performed, mixed and mastered by Swedish native Rickard Törnqvist.
Devilâs Blood is the debut release of his project Svartkonst. 10 tracks on the album. Whatâs amazing is that heâs done this album alone.
Svartkonst has crafted an album that is just about as good as modern black metal gets. The production and mastering are done respectfully to maintain the album character and yet itâs not over or under-done.
The tracks range in length from 2:34 to 7:07. While there are plenty of parts involving tremolo picking and blast beats, it is clearly more of a concern for Svartkonst to create his own voice through memorable songwriting. Heâs taken clear influence from the old and new black metal as well as a bit of thrash and death metal for good measure. But the quality of Devilâs Blood really stands apart from many other releases that have come out recently. Now, Iâm not quite certain and perhaps Svartkonst isnât necessarily âmindfulâ of this, but it would almost seem that one of the distinct features of this composition is the back and forth between minor chords; that even as opposed to mostly going from major to minor and so forth. But again, I could be wrong.
At the end of the day, this is an outstanding black metal release, pure and simple. Highly recommended for fans of new and old school alike. Weâre definitely looking forward to seeing what Svartkonst has in store next.