GosT- Valediction (sealed European import)
R650,00
. When we last saw and heard 80s horror-themed black metal/synthwave crossover act GosT on their previous album Possessor. Since then, they’ve added a second member and signed to Century Media to release their new album Valediction. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the synthwave is almost gone. It’s not that GosT have committed further to black metal—more on that later. Rather, the electronics have traded synthwave’s driven, catchy dance melodies for something that draws a lot more directly from the synthesized horror soundtracks of the 80s, as referenced recently by the Stranger Things soundtrac and seen on tracks like “The Call of the Faithful (Faithless).” This is mixed with a darkwave aesthetic lifted from the 80s output of bands like The Cure or Depeche Mode and displayed on tracks like “Bloody Roses.”
On the black metal side, it is that it’s distinct enough to address as a completely separate thing. We get occasional passages with, say, screamed black metal vocals over a synth riff (“Wrapped in Wax”), but largely tracks with metal elements just veer between electronic bits and metal bits (“Relentless Passing”). It’s also comparatively rare we get, say, a very heavy synth patch, and there’s a lot of under-explored sonic textures in this area. The transitions between the two flavors tend to be done pretty well, but it often feels like separate bands.
Vinyl is sealed.
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