Quick: Imagine what it would sound like if someone like James
\nHetfield fronted Days Of The New.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Darkseed kind of remind me of such a strange musical
\nmarriage. Their latest disc,
\nDiving Into Darkness<\/i>, has all of the classic metal
\nframework, but the band seems to to be more concerned about
\nstructuring a solid vocal and a solid song than they are about
\nplaying with all guns blazing. It’s an interesting concept, and a
\nrefreshing one.<\/p>\n
Can you tell that I like these guys? More than that; I
\nlove<\/i> this album.<\/p>\n
Side note: I’m not listing the members of the band for the
\nsimple reason that I’m getting conflicting information about
\nlineups from the official band site and the page for them on
\nNuclear Blast’s site. I’m also working off an advance copy, so if
\nyou want the details on the band, read the liner notes.<\/p>\n
Darkseed might be a German band, but their music transcends any
\ncountry styles that you might expect. All in all, the music has a
\ngeneral feel and crunch to it, something that is rare when dealing
\nwith overseas metal. Darkseed’s vibe refuses to be pigeonholed by
\ntheir nationality; instead, the band charges forth on tracks like
\n“Forever Darkness,” “Counting Moments” and “Rain” and proceeds to
\nwin the listener over with two important keys.<\/p>\n
The first is songwriting. Whatever your opinion on heavy metal,
\neven the strongest opponent of the genre would have to agree that
\nthe songwriting on
\nDiving Into Darkness<\/i> is top notch. Simply put, there is not
\na dead track on this disc, proving that a lot of time and effort
\nwent into crafting the best possible album this band could do.<\/p>\n
The second is vocals. There is no ear-piercing screaming on this
\ndisc; instead, you have solid vocal performances that appeal to the
\nheart as well as the eardrum. For that alone, listeners should be
\neternally grateful that someone in this genre cares about laying
\ndown a solid vocal presence.<\/p>\n
Track-wise, I dare you to find one lemon among these songs. You
\ncan’t. Tracks like “Cold Under Water,” “Left Alone” and “Autumn”
\nall suggest that when metal makes its comeback (as I’ve been saying
\nit will for the last year or so), Darkseed is going to be one of
\nthe bands at the top of the heap.<\/p>\n
\nDiving Into Darkness<\/i> is an absolutely wonderful album that
\nshows off the best of this genre. Unless you’ve followed the band
\nsince their debut in the early ’90s, you might not have heard of
\nthem until now. Chances are, once you’ve experienced this disc, you
\nwon’t be able to stop talking about them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6302],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-36566","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-darkseed","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36566"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36566"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}