Azzaya are a band from Portugal that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays an aggressive mixture of black and death metal and this is a review of their self released 2024 ep "Raging Satanic Aggression".
A very dark yet heavy sound starts off the ep before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also utilizes a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Vocals are a mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while spoken word parts can also be heard on a few tracks. Dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with a couple of songs also adding in a small amount of clear vocals when solos and leads are utilized they are also done in a very melodic style and synths are also added towards the end .
On this recording Azzaya goes for a for aggressive and traditional mixture of black and death metal. The production sounds very raw and heavy while the lyrics cover Satanism and Anti Christianity themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Azzaya and if you are a fan of satanic black and death metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Raging Satanic Aggression" and "Anticristo". 8 out of 10.
