Thursday, April 19, 2012

Darkseed/Astral Darkness Awaits/Massacre Records/2012 Digital Album Review


  Darkseed  are  a  band  from  Germany  that  has  had  a  couple  of  their  albums  reviewed  as  well  as  being  interviewed  by  this  zine  that  plays  a  musical  style  that I  would  describe  as  being  gothic  metal  and this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  digital  album  "Astral  Darkness  Awaiths" which  was  released  by  Massacre  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  drumming with  not  much  in  the  way  of  fast  playing  or blast  beats,  while  the  synths  bring  an  atmospheric,  gothic,  industrial  and  progressive  rock sound  to the  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  and  at  times  they  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  gothic  metal  riffs  that  utilize  a  great  amount  of  dark sounding  melodies,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  melodic  sounding  gothic  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  classical  guitars  which  are  only  utilized  on  the  last  song  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  enhance  the d arkness  that  is  coming  out  of  the  music.

  Vocals  on  this recording  are  mostly clean  singing  with  a  brief  use  of   growls  and screams  as  well  as  some  spoken  word  male  and  female  parts,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  poetic themes,  as for  the  production  it has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Darkseed  and  if  you  are  a  fan of  this  band,  you  should  check out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Black  Throne"  "Disbeliever"  "Sleep Sleep  Sweatheart"  and  "The  Demon  Within".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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