![]() Creating content ranging from reactions, reviews, covers, meme content, and even original metal music. Towards the end of the record, guitarist Florestan Durand ( Novelists) helps out on the slightly jazzy "Raven" and vocalist Ben English ( Invent, Animate) closes out the record strongly with "Remnant. Nik Nocturnal is a solo metal artist from Toronto, ON. Guitarist Baptiste Vegier ( Betraying The Martyrs) slams down chunky grooves during the hardest-hitting song on the album. Check it out above alongside a music video by Patrick Lawler above, and stream the. It is moments like this make me seriously wonder why Nik isn't in a band full-time. “Nefarious II” ventures into deathcore territory. Nik Nocturnal is now streaming his new trap metal single 'Burnout' under the name NIK NXK. The breakdown at the end was just the heaviest and sweetest frosting on top. The layering of Shrokan singer Andrew Ivashchenko's melodies over the guitar work is absolutely immaculate. The next vocal piece is “Mire” -the peak of this album in my opinion. Nonetheless, Andy Cizek does a pretty decent job on the piece and while the chorus is a tad whiny for my cup of tea he overall proves to be diverse with deep growls and tasteful cleans. "Dear Phantom" is the first track on the release to feature vocals which threw me for a loop after being immersed in eight minutes of instrumental music only to be served a song with vocals. The dynamics between these two guitarists going at it on this track is mindbending, especially that quick lick at the 3:45 mark. Next up, guitarist Dmitry Demyanenko ( Shrokan) appears on "Labyrinth" and absolutely kills it. The suspenseful "Marrow" intro pumps up the djent hype for "Hysteria," which merges Periphery with After the Burial stylistically. There's also a good chunk of instrumentalist features from other acts that add some spice to the meat as well. For those in need of some growls and melodic clean singing to accompany their metal fear not for there are a few tracks on here that include big-name guest vocalists. However, Nik succeeds in using his instrument as a replacement to fill the void of a vocalist. It should be noted that Nik Nocturnal presents himself exclusively as a guitarist on his channel and thus a majority of these pieces are instrumental and guitar-based songs. ![]()
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