Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Darker Half/Desensitized/Rockstar Records/2011 CD Review


  Darker  Half  are  a  band  from  Australia  that  plays  a  mixture  of  power,  thrash  metal  and  NWOBHM  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2011  album  "Desensitized"  which  was  released  by  Rockstar  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  no  blast  beats  being  present  on  this  recording,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  power  metal,  thrash  and  NWOBHM  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  along  with  a  great  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while t he  lead  guitars  are  very  old  school  and  melodic  sounding  power/heavy  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads,  as  for  the  acoustic  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  they  use  finger  picking  to  add  more  variety  to  the  recording.

  Vocals  are  all  clean  singing  power  metal  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  old  school  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Darker  Half  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  power  metal,  thrash  and  NWOBHM  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Lost  In  Space"  "Tomb  Of  An  Unknown  Soldier"  "Catch  The  Sun"  and  "Armageddon".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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