Darkmoon - Black Domain - guest review
Darkmoon - Black Domain - guest review
Tracklist
01. The Darkside02. Winds Of Death
03. Drowning
04. Black Domain
05. Terror
Guest review by
Bas December 10, 2006
The songs are mainly black metal oriented, but a small dose of thrash metal, especially in the drumming, makes this four-tracker (not counting the intro) really shine. The vocals are very deep growls, no grunts though, and have quite some variation. Sometimes they're very fast and at others they are more like hoarse whispers. Always great though! The bulk of the music lies in the guitar work. Black metal-ish riffs, played with great musicianship, send shivers down your spine while the drumming is mainly background and atmosphere, but works extremely well.
A few melodic parts make the extreme ones seem more extreme and adds to the atmosphere. Sometimes I get the impression that this is how agony would sound if we could hear our emotions; the riffs dripping with hate, the drumming thundering with fury, and the vocals reeking of bitterness and pain.
This was the demo that got a label contract for Darkmoon back in 2003. And it was well-deserved. In my opinion one of the greatest demos around.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 10 |
Written by Bas | December 10, 2006
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Winds Of Death (really great song) and Terror are downloadable here: http://www.darkmoon.ch/blackdomain.html enjoy 
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