▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Uruk-Hai ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Black Blood, White Hand █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2010 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2019-01-16 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Sturmklang Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ Urak-Hai are a band from Austria that plays a █ █ music style that I would describe as being █ █ epic/mystic black ambient/metal and this is a █ █ review of their 2009 album "Black Blood, White █ █ Hand" which was released by Sturmklang Records. █ █ Drum programming is mostly slow nbeats that give █ █ the music a very heavy epic feel, while the synths █ █ have an atmospheric/ambient sound that makes the █ █ music sound very epical and mystical mixed in with █ █ alot of elements from avant garde noise music, as █ █ for the bass playing it is mixed down low in the █ █ music and seems to follow the riffs that are █ █ coming out of the guitars. █ █ Rhythm guitars are mostly black metal riffs that █ █ range from slow to midpaced mixed in with some █ █ ambient influences that are powerful throughout █ █ the album and there are little to no lead guitars █ █ or solos present on this album, as for the █ █ accoustic guitars when they are used they use open █ █ shords and fingerpicking to bring back the feel of █ █ the dark ages of Mordor. █ █ Vocals are mostly deep growls that sound more like █ █ pagan dark/black metal than death metal that also █ █ utilizes high pitched black metal screams that █ █ have an edge of the depressive sound with some █ █ whispered vocals being used at times mixed in with █ █ some clean singing vocals that bring a new age █ █ feel to the music ion addition to the spoken word █ █ passages that are very ritualistic, while the █ █ lyrics are heavily inspired by the writings of █ █ J.R.R. Tolkien with a heavy focus on nature, as █ █ for the production it sounds very dark and epic. █ █ In my opinion Uruk-Hai are a very original band █ █ that should appeal to ambient black metal fans as █ █ well as fans of avantgarde dark/ambient since they █ █ mix these two styles together with much success █ █ and originality. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The █ █ Fate Of Man" "Black Blood" "The Dark Lord" and █ █ "Tales from The Misty Mountains". █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Fresh Meat (Introduction) 1:34 ░ ░ 2. The Fate of Man 8:57 ░ ░ 3. In Mordor Where the Shadows Are 4:00 ░ ░ 4. Farewell We Call 6:43 ░ ░ 5. Under the White Hand's Flag 5:41 ░ ░ 6. Black Blood 7:59 ░ ░ 7. Hidden Path (Heart of the Frozen Forest) 5:10 ░ ░ 8. The Dark Lord 12:19 ░ ░ 9. ...Does Not Glitter 3:26 ░ ░ 10. Tales From the Misty Mountains 5:31 ░ ░ 11. Uruk-Hai (Pt. V) 8:07 ░ ░ 69:27 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░