So hyped!

Damn right after I just bought your whole discog for $66 NOW you decide to release a new album? Jerks.

Woah, for real??

Pls don't suck pls don't suck pls don't suck

That album title is confusing. They have already released "Dark Space 2" so now there's "Dark Space minus 2". What does that even mean?

Written by Metal Diogenes on 14.12.2023 at 16:05

That album title is confusing. They have already released "Dark Space 2" so now there's "Dark Space minus 2". What does that even mean?

Their first release was titled with minus 1

Written by RaduP on 14.12.2023 at 18:00

Their first release was titled with minus 1

Ah, then that makes sense. It's the EP.

Maybe the next Godzilla movie will follow Darkspace's lead.

Written by Metal Diogenes on 14.12.2023 at 18:08

Ah, then that makes sense. It's the EP.

That song will have 47 minutes so I think it can be considered a regular full-length. Perhaps musically it is more continuation of -I than III I, we will see.

What.

Written by A Real Mönkey on 13.12.2023 at 18:56

Damn right after I just bought your whole discog for $66 NOW you decide to release a new album? Jerks.

I actually just did the same thing and had the same thought.

Yay! Release day

So disappointed. This would've been fine as an interesting side project, or as a detour between regular albums. But after 10 years of waiting, this doesn't do it for me at all.
No energy, no noteworthy riffs.

Hopefully III II is on the horizon.

This was perhaps the most anticipated album of a year for me so needless to say I was hoping for a lot more. Not much variety for 47 min song and it's quite disappointing it's all just mid-tempo with no faster sequences. The follow up better come up a lot sooner (and be a lot better).

It's good for background music, but expected something more

Definitely felt like it was building and building but went nowhere ultimately. Shame because the atmosphere and musical ideas are great.

I don't see the hate. Industrial black metal at its finest.

I have to say it's growing on me a bit. Still, it will occupy the bottom of their discography for me but I came to appreciate it for what it is.

For those interested, someone made 2 interviews (3 hours total) with Darkspace mastermind where he talks about all kinds of Darkspace and Paysage d'Hiver stuff. Here (at 12:50) he talks about how this album came to be:

I'm not super acquainted to Darkspace (although have listened to a couple of their albums) - I do enjoy the ambient industrial vibe of this, and it does gradually intensify a bit, but for the first half it remains a bit too empty such that it grows a tad monotonous for me

Written by Alien1988 on 20.02.2024 at 12:22

I have to say it's growing on me a bit. Still, it will occupy the bottom of their discography for me but I came to appreciate it for what it is.

For those interested, someone made 2 interviews (3 hours total) with Darkspace mastermind where he talks about all kinds of Darkspace and Paysage d'Hiver stuff. Here (at 12:50) he talks about how this album came to be:

Thanks for the video. What a chill guy, who would've thought.
Cool to hear that III II is still in the works. Doesn't change the fact that -II doesn't scratch the itch of the 10-year wait.
I will spin it again, maybe it'll grow on me as well.

I've struggled with this one tbh, it feels like it continuously build-up to something special but then nothing really happens by the end of it. Unfortunately I find it quite atmospherically dull and it becomes no more than half decent background music, the heavy use of spoken word doesn't help really either.

As others have said, it monotonously builds but ends up going nowhere. It would be good to throw on for background ambience but I doubt I'll ever pay much attention to it if I do that. It's not bad and I can appreciate it for what it is but that doesn't translate to enjoyment.

Pretty dull unfortunately.

It is captivating (especially in the first and last minutes) as every Darkspace release, but it is also extremely monotonous. Although tailored in this way by purpose, I do not think it delivers.

I hope they move away from this direction.