Dalkhu-Descend...into Nothingness
- Aeonis
- Aug 29, 2015
- 4 min read
Dalkhu is a Black Death Metal band from Slovenia. Their new CD Descend… into Nothingness is coming out in September 2015. It begins with "Pitch Black Cave" and the production was so amazing throughout this CD. "Pitch Black Cave" sounds very Death Metal inspired but then the drumming and the Blackend inspired guitars really kick in and you can't help but feel this intense groove that makes you want to punch the walls of Hades down and show death that not even death can stop good music from coming to be.
"The Fireborn" is really out from the starting line kicking ass with intense double bass and then a killer groove beat that would make melodic death metal bands turn around stand up and take notice. The pre solo chorus part in the beginning was on the low side, maybe that was intentional and designed to not take away from the song. The only thing that might turn off the Black Metal at heart will be the vocal style which is more Death inspired instead of the grab em by the balls shrill shrieks, but the song is nonetheless powerful.
In The Woods" begins so soft and powerful. Yet I can't help but feel that if there was a little more reverb in the intro it could have had more of a presence. The rest of the song was powerful and needs nothing, but in comparison the intro was weak compared to the rest of the song. "In the Woods" is almost an instrumental, but then a little less than two and a half minutes the song really kicks it into high gear, but again where the slow melodic parts settles in, the vocals could really have used some reverb to give it that feeling of the echo in the woods. The blasts from the guitar and drums are really precise and the guitar riffs are effective at getting and keeping my attention. Then about five minutes into the song, they really kick up the octane and the song seems to get louder and yes faster and more melodic. However, in their song design they could have just let the song ring out, because, they cut it abruptly. Grant it, it was intentional, but they could have still let it ring because, on the first and second listen it sounds ok. But on subsequent listens, you really feel cheated and just wanted a little 10 seconds of the natural fade.
"Distant Cry" is like Satyriconical, you can't help but just get that feeling of new Satyricon throughout this song. Again it is not throughout the song, but some guitar riffs sound so similar. Ok, so the song itself is good with multiple measures that really showcase the diverse guitar rhythms and creativity. These guys are so talented that they were able to blend many rhythms into one song and they did it so well. Again this song takes many listens to really get the feel of the whole song. If you are a guitarist then you would be inclined to listen to the guitarist and then the drums and vocals are ignored. In reality this is an injustice to this song because they really blended so many rhythmical measures within this song that you have to take a couple of listens before you can make your judgement about this song, but in reality it is really good.
"Accepting the Buried Signs" begins with such a classic groove. And again I heard that Satyricon beat, but this was quickly eradicated into a Nick Barker Dimmu style blast beat and then into another groove beat. Yet the best thing was that this was all within the first minute of the song! Shit, you really can't help but feel the power of this band. If the vocals were just a little higher. it is as if this band has the wrong style vocals for the style of music that they are presenting forward. Dalkhu is a great band and I can only hope that they stick around to keep evolving.
Around four minutes into the song they really give you an arpeggiated melody that makes you fall in love with this band but again they cut off the guitars too abruptly and prematurely. Even three to five more seconds would have been a better idea.
"Soulkeepers" is just another powerful song, and here the vocals actually have the reverb but the sound engineer put the high cut off or the decay on too low. But the guitars rhythms and the drums make such a beautiful blend of melodic music. The tremolo picking with the drums are really at their peak of perfection in this song. Throughout the song "Soulkeepers" Dalkhu makes you want to keep listening just to figure out how they will change the song. With a great deal of credit to Dalkhu, because they really did a great job at making me want to keep listening from beginning to end. But their ending to songs need to be worked on.
"E.N.N.F." is almost ten minutes of mayhem with small interjections of peaceful harmonies with blazing double bass. Actually, the band Mayhem could take some pointers from Dalkhu, but I would rather listen to Dalkhu. Actually if you watch the end of the Hobbit "The Five Armies" and you have this blazing in the background, I think it would be very appropriate, cause you can't help but feel what they meant by the Descent into Nothingness. This is a great band and you really have to have this in your collection. I feel bad but I cannot give them that last guitar pick, but they totally deserve the four out of five guitar picks.
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