Giliath is a Black Metal band from Italy. On February 2nd, 2024, Giliath released their debut album, Sefiroth, which would gratify Vinertland & Dissection fans. The album was released through Nova Era Records and promoted through GlobMetal Promotions.
Introduction:
Giliath, Sefiroth: 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 Sefiroth
Let’s start by discussing the first three sins of Giliath and their Sefiroth album.
The First Sin, The Strings/Keys: Features guitar work features a combination of tremolo-picking, harmonised melodic passages, and atmospheric interludes that build up to unleash sharp and powerful rhythmic leads and acoustic moments. The Second Sin, The Vocals: Involves harsh screaming vocals, with (what I make out is) clean/cries harmonises pushed in the background.. The Third Sin—The Percussions: Drum work is equally impressive, with various tempos, strikes, and blast beats that add depth and complexity to the overall sound.
The Fourth Sin: Overall Discussion: Black Metal with melodic/atmospheric influences
As soon as the listener presses that play button, the opening piece, Hail Giliath, greets the listener with a melodic (acoustic) and atmospheric mood, followed by this melodic and aggressive blackened sound and vocals.
Continuing the second musical composition, Shining More Than Light, and the subsequent seven pieces, listeners can expect to be enveloped by a unique and engaging fusion of melodic and atmospheric black metal interspersed with hints of sun-drenched Hellenic Black Metal.
Upon pressing the play button, the album’s production immediately impresses with its solidity and professionalism. The album features nine exceptionally crafted and executed songs, each with a unique sound that is raw, unpolished, yet highly captivating. Despite the album’s unrefined quality, the sound and production do not overwhelm the listener with excessive reverberated high frequencies or basement lo-fi. “Overall, the album perfectly balances rawness and professionalism.”
Giliath‘s devilmanship artistry is remarkable, with various instrumentations comprising moods, tempos, and tones that seamlessly gel together. At the same time, the devilmanship is a fruit of art that displays a good-sounding blackened musical spectrum with melodic and atmospheric influences.
If you, the listener, like your black metal with clean production but slightly undercooked with melodic and atmospheric influences and are fans of Vinterland and Dissection, this is for you.
The album ends with the last song, Ascension. We want to thank Giliath for letting us review their Sefiroth album. We will wrap it up by discussing the final three sins and concluding the review.
You’re Listening to “Hail Giliath”
PlayThe last Three Sins
Let’s discuss the last three sins and our thoughts on Giliath and their Sefiroth album.
The Fifth Sin, The Memorabilia: I cannot help but notice some influence of Vinterland and Dissection in the melodic section of the music; there is also a splash of Italian mystical feel reminiscent of Italian band Selvans and the atmospheric influences of Wolves In The Throne Room, adding an intriguing dimension to the music.
The Sixth Sin, The Artwork:
The logo and a cover design that portrays naturalistic elements in a strictly black-and-white colour scheme. The design is a nod to the classic aesthetics of Scandinavian black metal, a genre with a long history of using similar visual motifs to evoke a sense of darkness and raw emotion.
The Seventh Sin, Disrelish:
Nothing to disrelish within the musical spectrum of Giliath, and their album Sefiroth.
This concludes the Giliath, Sefiroth review.
Track-Listing:
- Hail Giliath
- Shining More Than Light
- Pray of the Storm
- Sefiroth
- Where Shadows Are
- You’ll Still Be
- Let’em Burn Again
- I Am Alive
- Ascension
Monastery Dead is:
- Alessandro Dionisio – lead guitar
- Dario Stella – vocals
- Vito Volpicella – bass
- Lorenzo Chiafele – drums
- Domenico Devito – guitar
