Sometimes not knowing a lot about a band can be an asset. Your views and opinions of what music you're about to listen to aren't coloured by others. Darkest Era are one of those bands for me. I knew the name and that was it, a little assumption on my part was that they wereSometimes not knowing a lot about a band can be an asset. Your views and opinions of what music you're about to listen to aren't coloured by others. Darkest Era are one of those bands for me. I knew the name and that was it, a little assumption on my part was that they were going to be a death metal band because realistically that is what a lot metal bands in Ireland are. Starting off their new album 'Severance', I was pleasantly surprised to hear clean vocals, solid production, some black metal influenced riffing and dynamic drumming. Not just blast beats and constant double bass drumming, which is all well and good but sometimes not always suitable. The first thought is straight to Primordial but it soon becomes evident that this is an unfair assumption, it's more organic than just trying to be a new version of an old band. There is something fresh about Darkest Era. The first track, 'Sorrow's Boundless Realm' is a little bit Candlemass, a little bit of the epics that Maiden were writing in the 80′s and is a superb way to open the album. It takes balls to open with a 6 minute [...]
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