Release Date 03.04.2026
Format CD/Digital/Vinyl
Genre Doom/Black Metal
Origin Belgium
Akem Manah operates out of Belgium playing absolute doom metal. These musicians deliver their newest full length album "Threnodies" through the Swedish label Black Lion Records. They drag the listener down into a pit of extreme despair. The lineup includes XDS on guitars, keyboards, and vocals, alongside RD on bass, GVC on rhythm guitar, and JT on lead guitar. They deliver absolute darkness straight to your skull.
"Threnodies" unleashes a cycle of human destruction. Every song operates as a funeral dirge for individuals seeking forbidden knowledge inside the Mythos. They look into the abyss and find oblivion staring back. The lyrics deal with madness and the ultimate demise of humans reaching too far into the unknown. These tragic stories detail the human urge to look beyond the veil of normal life, finding only total silence.
The music merges slow doom riffs with bleak black metal atmospheres. A distinct horror element drips from the speakers constantly. Akem Manah sings from inside the void. They balance suffocating riffage with ritualistic pacing. The resulting sound demands absolute submission to darkness. Guest musician German Dmitriev provides sorrowful violins. Fabio Alessandrini destroys the drum kit with total precision.
This album kicks teeth in with supreme heaviness. You get absolute sonic misery in the best way possible. Songs like "The Burning Of John Briggs" and "The Demise Of John Dunn" crush skulls with pure metallic force. The guitars shred the speakers and the vocals spew extreme death. Forget happy melodies completely. This is straight up doom metal played with serious aggression.
Akem Manah delivers a crushing blow with "Threnodies". The entire album stands tall as a massive monolith of extreme music. Every single riff strikes like a sledgehammer smashing into concrete. Brett Caldas-Lima mixed and mastered the entire thing at Tower Studio to sound absolutely massive. Maniacs of dark music will blast this constantly.
Score: 8.5
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