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Acherontia Styx – The Cursed Love Review


Acherontia Styx – The Cursed Love Review: A Post-death/Experimental Death Metal band from the United Kingdom. 2020 saw the band release their fifth single The Cursed Love. The single was released through the band’s self-owned label Dwarrowdelf Records.

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Acherontoa Styx – The Cursed Love Review opens and discusses the FIRST SIN: THE STRINGS/KEYS. Consists of hateful/dark, despair and blackened feelings – but indulges with more of a groovy/melodic death & shred assault feeling with some epic solos and hooks, with haunting bass riffs

Let’s talk about the SECOND SIN: THE VOCALS, which involves deep death growls that are harsh and cruel.

Moving on to the THIRD SIN: THE PERCUSSIONS, which delves into the vast world of hateful slow/mid-tempo groovy bone-crushing beats and blast-beats

In our following discussion about the band’s musical work, we will focus on the FOURTH SIN, the overall DISCUSSION of the album. As soon as the listener presses the play button, the listener is welcomed back to that extra notch in the brutalization while taking the listener on a hallucinogenic dreamscape journey of providing the listener with a top-notch song, sound, and lyrics.

THE CURSED LOVE intertwines with elements/influences (such as) groove metal, nineties death metal, thrash, progressive/djent, and (maybe some) classical music – thus creating brutal, dark adrenaline and ferocious song – that never shy of excellent devilmanship, and making great songs/music.

I enjoyed listening to THE CURSED LOVE.

The song is over four minutes long and has a unique sound I haven’t heard before. It seems like the artist drew inspiration from the dystopian novel VURT by JEFF NOON which is interesting.

Overall, the single is an excellent addition to any music collection.

I wanted to share our thoughts and MEMORABILIA on the FIFTH SIN. Where do I begin with this; this band has everything to offer – from the brutalization, catchy, groovy melodies, insane vocals, and the creativity of each song.

Let’s discuss the ARTWORK of the SIXTH SIN. Strongly references the song and the novel “Vurt has shaped society, a hallucinogenic drug/shared alternate reality accessed by sucking on colour-coded feathers.”

Finally, the review will close with the last sin, the SEVENTH SIN, the DISRELISH. With nothing to disrelish within the musical world of ACHERONTIA STYX, this concluded Acherontia Styx – The Cursed Love Review.

if not already, why don’t the reader check out other ACHERONTIA STYX reviews YOUR POSSIBLE PASTS, DRESSED IN YOU, AS ABOVE, SO BELOW, BLACKENED SERENADE, POST-DEATH, and the debut studio album SHADOW & FLAME.


The Cursed Love Song-listing:

  1. The Cursed Love

Acherontia Styx Members:

  • Grant “Ron Bassman” Crossan (lead vocals, bass)
  • Paul “Dinenthal” Taylor (guitar, vocals, bass, keys)
  • Jake Burden-Stokoe (drums)
  • Adam Ashbridge (guitars, lead guitars, production)