Friday, September 14, 2018

Band Review: Darksworn

Darksworn is a melodic death metal band from Hillsboro, Oregon, the project of Alan Blaisdell.

Blaisdell performs vocals, drums, guitar, and bass. You could easily believe there were more members based on the strength of each individual part. Intros are packed with interesting effects, especially on 2017's Rogue.

Death metal isn't really my genre, but I think I understand why better after listening to Darksworn. I believe for me it may be due to the lack of a human voice. There is the requisite deep growling. As well as that fits with the aggression of metal, I don't emotionally connect with it. I may not be aggressive enough.

(Therefore, my obvious favorite track is "Merging Planets."

Even without that connection, I still admire the skill and musicality and instrumentality of the work. I believe for melodic death metal this is really excellent. So if that is your thing, you should definitely check out Darksworn.

https://darksworn.com/

https://www.facebook.com/darksworn/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZVv6zc6Z1nZj5FdPaWa1Ig

https://twitter.com/Darksworn_Band

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