Acherontia Styx — As Above So Below Review
Acherontia Styx is a post-death/experimental death metal band from the UK (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne). October 1, 2019, the band released their third single, As Above So Below. Which would gratify fans of Arch Enemy, The Haunted, & Soilwork. The album was released through the band’s self-owned label, Dwarrowdelf Records.
Acherontia Styx, As Above So Below Review: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production.
The First Three Sins, The Summary
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Consists of an underlying groove with a blackened feel of hate and evil. The Second Sin, The Vocals: This involves Dinenthal on lead vocals, providing a more of a blackened vibe within the vocal work. The Third Sin, The Percussions: This delves into the vast world of sick and hell-bent drumming.
The Fourth Sin, Overall Discussion
As soon as the listener presses the play button, it welcomes the listener to a five-minute brutal, unforgiving, blistering-extreme song.
As Above, So Below, is another song that’s a hungry cannibalistic that will consume your soul while tearing your eardrums apart with a sound that is more outrageously evil (than the last single) music that delivers fruit of art devilmanship.
Jake‘s drum work delivers a fast, sick-brutal (bone-crushing) double dose of heavy, thundering, hell-bent drumming and countless blast beats. The sinister vocals provided by Dinenthal gave the single a blackened atmosphere.
Adam and Paul‘s guitar/bass devilmanship consists of an underlying groove reminiscent of the early Lamb Of God/Grunge. It has a blackened feel of hate and evil with nightmarish undertones, deep dark and full of hooks and an overdose of melodic (fast-epic) riffs, with ravaging pickings of the bass.
In conclusion, the writing and composition of As Above, So Below are energetic/substantial fruit of art, of outrageously evil music filled with dark brutalisation and blistering, extreme adrenaline from start to finish.
Now the single has come to an end. We want to give a shoutout to Acherontia Styx for letting us review their single As Above, So Below. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia
For me, As Above So Below, is laced with lotions in baskets of extraordinary devilmanship, complex musical structure, and one strongly composed song, that is a forbidden fruit of art.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork
It is intriguing, depicting a tomb or vault and a crypt for a child. This creates a contrasting image of both angelic and demonic elements.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish
There is nothing to dislike in the musical offerings of Acherontia Styx and their album, As Above So Below. Thus, we conclude our review of As Above So Below. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude for your time in reading this article, and I encourage you to explore the work of Acherontia Styx and their other works.
The Hymns
01. As Above So Below
Acherontia Styx
Grant “Ron Bassman” Crossan — Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keys
Paul “Dinenthal” Taylor — Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keys
Jake Burden — Drums
Adam Ashbridge — Guitars, Lead Guitars, Production
Tracy Moore (Primitive Machine) — Guest Operatic Voice
Linn Liv — Guest Vocals