1. Коли тіні блукають (As Shadows Wander) 09:19
2. Мова моя мохом поросла (My Speech Grew with Moss) 05:45
3. Де журба обіймається зі злістю (Where Sorrow Embraces Anger) 07:34
4. Подихом чорних небес (Breath of Black Sky) 06:58
5. Зорі поміж гілля (Stars Between Branches) 06:14
6. Мертвою тишою поміж курганами (By Dead Silence Between Mounds) 05:40
7. Він малював туманом гір (He Was Painting by the Highland Mist) 06:59
Ukraine band U Kronakh are out with the album "Stonewounds", and metal is the style of music explored on this production. The orientation of choice here is extreme metal, and it is a variety of the form where rich and booming guitar riffs are dominant for the majority of the songs by way of slower pounding riffs or pacier hammering riff cascades. Growl style, downmixed vocals adds an emphasis on the dark and aggressive tendencies of the music, and cutting guitar solo runs adds to that factor. Softening up the experience ever so slightly is the use of gentle, light toned interludes, textured passages with a stronger emphasis on smooth atmospheric elements, at times with something of a doom metal flavor, also adds an additional and somewhat gentler dimension to the proceedings. I also note that occasional flowing, harmony oriented guitar solo runs functions rather efficiently to smooth down some of the harsher surfaces of the music when present. An album to seek out by those who like their extreme metal with a harsh foundation but with an atmospheric laden flavoring adding further dimensions to the listener experience.
Ukronakh
