A Symphonic/Atmospheric Blackwave solo (The Pyromancy 1 ) artist from the US. On September 2nd, 2022, Pyromancy released his compilation album, Symphonic Blackwave Metal. Which was released through Contra el Mundo La Vida and promoted through Pennsylvania Music Fan PR.
Introduction:
Pyromancy, Symphonic Blackwave: This review will evaluate every aspect of the album, from its intricate musical composition to its production. Our analysis will provide valuable insights to help you determine if this album is worth adding to your collection.
The First Three Sins of Symphonic Blackwave
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Pyromancy and his Symphonic Blackwave album.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features blackened distortion of the guitar consisting of rhythmic passages, with ambient/atmosphere (synth-wave) keys/soundscape. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves the possession of ghostly/haunting whispers. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Delves into the vast world of drum strikes and beats pushed in the background.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: A something mellow, dark, sorrowful, somewhat extreme, but beautiful simultaneously.
As soon as the listener presses that play button, Pyromancy welcomes the listener’s ears with three songs (simultaneously); the first song on the release is Love & War, which is a four-part song (released as an EP back in 2021 (Part I: Prologue, Part II: March, Part III: Waltz, and Part IV: Cadence)).
The last two songs, Artic Isolation and White Oaks And Blackened Steel, were released in 2020.
Pyromancy is the brainchild of The Pyromancy, who goes by the pseudonym Pyromancy. He is also the vocalist and guitarist of the extreme metal act Bloody Run. And going from a different approach and musical direction than Bloody Run.
Pyromancy provides and delivers a full-flavour piece of work—mixing a perfect DNA conjunct of black metal, darkwave/ambient music, and noise/synth-wave -thus creating something different and unique from these three songs that seem to touch and move the listener with their slow, sorrowful, hypnotic, sinner, and dark (simultaneously) -somewhat extreme but beautiful atmosphere/soundscape.
Pyromancy delivers and provides this raw emotion of excellent devilmanship, which consists of arrangement and composing musical spectrum of adding various (combined with perfection) musical elements of symphonic black metal, darkwave, ambient, noise and synth wave.
Where different compositions/characteristics (tempo, mood, atmosphere and so on…) are convenient to place at the right moment, each song doesn’t sound the same -giving them an identity of their own -neither repetitive nor dull. .
Which consist of beautiful and warm piano inserts, blackened distortion of the guitar consisting of rhythmic passages, ambient/atmosphere (synth-wave) keys/soundscape, audio clips, and drum work pushed in the background (at times the guitars are moved in the background), and ghostly/haunting whispers and choir
The final result is that Pyromancy has created something unique and different—omitting not going for the black metal and dungeon synth DNA route, but a black metal and synth-wave/ambient path, “Coining his music as Symphonic Blackwave Metal.”
This one is for you if your metal taste buds fancy something mellow, dark, sorrowful, somewhat extreme, but beautiful simultaneously.
The album comes to an end with the last song, White Oaks and Blackened Steel. We want to give a shoutout to Pennsylvania Music for letting us review Pyromancy, and his album, Symphonic Blackwave. Now, we’re going to wrap it up by talking about the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “White Oaks and Blackened Steel”
PlayThe Last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Pyromancy and his Symphonic Blackwave album.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, The three songs that seem to touch and move you, with their slow, sorrowful, hypnotic, sinner, and dark (simultaneously) -somewhat extreme—but beautiful atmosphere/soundscape
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
Something about the artwork… the darkness and sorrowful look…
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Pyromancy, and his album Symphonic Blackwave.
This concludes the Pyromancy, Symphonic Blackwave review.
Track-Listing:
- Love & War
- Artic Isolation
- White Oaks and Blackened Steel
- The Pyromancy shifted focus away from Pyromancy in 2024 to focus on Bloody Run ↩︎
