I've only heard a few Darkane albums; I own 'Rusted Angel' (1999) and man is that one a gem. It's revisiting them now which the music is still solid but the vocals I'd say were better early on. The riffs on this one are dynamite! A lot of creativity and catchiness. I wouldn't change anything about them! An excellent effort on here. They blasted through 2022 on this but it took a while for this one maybe 6-7 years without anything new. But this one just smokes. These guys have a load of talent and this one is about 45 minutes or so in duration.

The lead guitar work was amazing. And the rhythms are highly technical. They are a mix of melodic death metal with thrash. It works out pretty well on here. The riffs are fresh and intriguing. Sounds like the guitars are tuned low maybe to B or C. They do well in the songwriting portion and I'm much into the lyrical concepts.

I think that the production quality was well done. Just the sound quality overall was top notch. It isn't an overly fast album, though the tempos are varying but not exponentially. I like how they switched from a raspy vocal output to guttural sounding voice. It was a good turnaround in that respect. It's not too much of a metalcore switch but it does seem like that. What a great album all the way through. I didn't want it to end really!All the instruments are top notch and tight.

These guys need more releases in the future. Keep melodic death and thrash from going extinct! I'm glad I found this when I did! It's worth a listen! This album needs to flourish more. Basically, that they need more of an audience. It might be because they were silent for some time but are back in full roar! Nothing really negative about this release.

Rating: 9½ (out of 10) ratings explained

Reviewed by Death8699
02/14/2023 09:29