Acherontia Styx is a Post-death/Experimental Death Metal band from the United Kingdom. On October 1st, 2019, Acherontia Styx released their third single, As Above, So Below, through their self-owned label, Dwarrowdelf Records.
Introduction:
Acherontia Styx, As Above, So Below: 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 As Above, So Below
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Acherontia Styx and their single, As Above, So Below.
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. The Third Sin—The Percussions: This delves into the vast world of sick and hell-bent drumming.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: Evil music filled with dark brutalisation & blistering, extreme adrenaline
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 overdose of melodic (fast-epic) riffage, with ravaging pickings of the bass.
In conclusion, the writing and composition of As Above, So Below are energetic/substantial masterpieces 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.
You’re Listening to “As Above, So Below”
PlayThe last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins, our thoughts on Acherontia Styx and their single, As Above, So Below.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: Is that for us, Again, it has to be the whole single, devilmanship and the artwork.
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:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Acherontia Styx, and their single, As Above, So Below.
This concludes the Acherontia Styx, As Above, So Below review.
Track-Listing:
- As Above, So Below
Acherontia Styx is:
- Grant “Ron Bassman” Crossan – lead vocals, bass
- Paul “Dinenthal” Taylor – guitar, vocals, bass, keys
- Jake Burden-Stokoe – drums
- Adam Ashbridge – guitars, lead guitars, production
