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░ ██ ██ Artist: Into Darkness ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Into Darkness █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-10-16 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Hellthrasher Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Reissue ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ I guess one of the main influences for Italian █
█ death/doom metal outfit Into Darkness are pretty █
█ clear solely from the visual aspects of their █
█ eponymous debut release, with the band logo █
█ bearing such a strong resemblance to death metal █
█ legends Incantation. But whether their music can █
█ match up to releases of the aforementioned is █
█ another matter. █
█ The band proves their abilities pretty quickly █
█ enough, and as the album starts off with the █
█ eponymous track, the crushing riffs, along with █
█ the doom pace that the band trudges along in, all █
█ bring to mind the ominous, oppressive form of █
█ death metal that Incantation has crafted over the █
█ course of their history. Yet this is more than █
█ simply an Incantation clone as the band certainly █
█ brings in quite a variety of influences. For █
█ instance, guitarists Doomed Warrior and Jex, while █
█ dishing out some extremely heavy riffs, clearly █
█ display their doom influences, ranging from ones █
█ that are reminiscent of the early days of bands █
█ like Sabbath, to some almost stoner segments that █
█ are not unlike psychedelic death/doom lords Acid █
█ Witch. This is especially obvious through the lead █
█ guitars, and that groove that is present on the █
█ title track Into Darkness. █
█ However, not all is complete doom and gloom, and █
█ on the faster segments on the album one is █
█ reminded of the works of Asphyx, with the █
█ alternating between doom-paced segment to just █
█ pure death metal goodness, like on Nemesis Star of █
█ Catastrophe. Not only so, drummer Dave constantly █
█ switches between death metal blasting segments and █
█ more simplistic, almost punkish d-beats in his █
█ drumming, reinforcing the Asphyx and some Swedish █
█ death metal comparisons. There are even moments █
█ when Doomed WarriorÆs vocals bear quite a striking █
█ resemblance to Martin van Drunen. It is in this █
█ ease of transiting between different styles that █
█ displays Into Darknessæ versatility, and ingenuity █
█ in their songwriting, with each of the different █
█ segments complementing each other. █
█ The production quality on Into Darkness is █
█ extremely raw, and this certainly helps to the █
█ overall charm of the release, a contrast to the █
█ polished, over-produced style that many modern █
█ death metal bands tend to prefer. For instance, █
█ while the guitars may sound rather thin and trebly █
█ at times, the thick and heavy bass presence helps █
█ to provide much of the low end, and that █
█ 80s-sounding drum tones certainly helps in giving █
█ Into Darkness a nice, old school sound. █
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░ 1. Into Darkness 8:54 ░
░ 2. Shadows 4:15 ░
░ 3. Nemesis: Star of Catastrophe 6:25 ░
░ 4. Levy 9Æs Death 5:29 ░
░ 25:03 ░
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