Voidwomb - Spiritual Apotheosis (2024) Hi-Res

Voidwomb, a band from Portugal, plays a very aggressive form of black metal with elements of death metal. Their album “Spiritual Apotheosis” was released by Avantgarde Music in 2024. The album opens with a dark synth-oriented intro, while demonic voices can also be heard in the background briefly along with a small amount of clean playing before going into a heavier direction. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and blast beats are also added into the faster sections of the songs. When tremolo picking is added into the faster riffing they also give the songs more of a raw feeling while the vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls. Throughout the recording, you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid-paced and fast parts along with a couple of songs also being very long and epic in length. The album also has its ritualistic moments. On this recording, Voidwomb expands more on the black metal side of their music as well as keeping some of the death metal elements of their previous release and also mixing in more ritualistic touches to create something different. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover the inherent utter darkness of the human condition and the cathartic search for enlightenment.