Flamekeeper are a solo project from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording plays an epic mixture of black and heavy metal and this is a review of his self released 2024 album which will be released in May by Invictus Productions.
Epic sounding synths start off the album along with some melodic guitar solos and leads a few seconds later. Most of t he clear vocals also bring in more of a traditional metal style while all of the musical instruments on the recording also have a very powerful sound to them and when the music speeds up a small amount of blast beats can also b e heard.
A lot of the album is also very heavily rooted in the 80's era while acoustic guitars and clean playing can also be heard on a few tracks. At times the music also mixes in the raw aggression of old school black metal along with some back up shouts also being utilized briefly and most of the tracks stick to either a slow or mid tempo direction.
On this recording Flamekeeper moves way from t he black metal elements of the previous release and focuses more on an epic traditional metal style. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover resilience, inner strength and faith.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Flamekeeper and if you are a fan of epic blackened heavy metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "New Wild World" "Raise The Banner" "Death, You'll Tremble To Take me" and "The Roads Of Rome". 8 out of 10.