An excellent female vocalist, contrasting with ugly demonic incantations and clean sung male passages create together, with a orchestrated musical backdrop, a musical journey into fantasy realms titled -In The Opium Of Black Veil-.

Darzamat have a way for getting everything right, their female vocalist is flawless, not boring or mundane like most others in the realm of metal music, instead, her vocals flow seamlessly along with the music with praise that can only follow her performance. The clean spoken male parts are done very well, acting as a perfect companion to their female counterpart. The harsher vocals provide that bit of darkness present in every good fantasy work without being loud and obnoxious which would only hurt the music.

The orchestrations sound as if they were created from a sort of metal fairy tale, blending the fantasy atmosphere created in the music through the excellent musicianship and great use of keyboards with the unmistakable riffing of a classic metal album, simply put, a perfect mix, and a well done one at that.

Spanning five songs in this fashion, each song remaining unique to its' predecessor without losing the atmosphere it held.

Personal Favorites: Beyond The World; In The Opium Of Black Veil; Ancient Philosophy

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