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Reviewed
by: Darklight
Dark Runner
is in fact very dark. The music offered here is a blend of heavy guitar
mixed with haywire frantic electronic programming, slamming beats and
deep distorted male vocals that yell with anger and hate. The sound
is that of gothic industrial metal hybrid music offering elements of
each for a chaotic outcome.
None of the songs are very structured as everything is experimental
in construction. It's fast, hard, heavy and aggressive with an overall
vibe of madness.
The album sounds rather muddy and muffled making it sound old. Basically,
this doesn't sound like an album that came out in 2003. There's just
too much bass and distortion drowning everything out making it less
appealing in my opinion. There's also a lot more instrumentals than
I would like as well.
One song "Master Save Us They Are Evil" is actually very good
as it's electro-industrial/EBM with a lot of creative twists. If more
of the album sounded like this song, it would have been a lot better.
I hope the band decides to go more in this direction on their next CD.
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