THE DARK AND BLEAK
“The Dark and Bleak” comes from Columbus, OH. It's a band carried by a young solo artist, Jonathyn Arthurs, just 16 year old. The music he presents is dark with a feeling of black malevolence all throughout. However, this does not sound like a typical black metal band, “The Dark and Bleak” hardly plays hyperfast, this is mostly mid paced. Moving from classic heavy metal to pounding, percussive traditional black metal to gothic metal atmosphere to death metal aggressiveness to his own variations on all of the above, this young man does not claim any allegiance to one style or genre and can seemingly move effortlessly between all of them. In this album the drum bases are obviously rigid and mechanical sounding. However, the guitar work is solid, there are also some nice leads and excellent melodies and riffing segments thrown in for added atmosphere. “Rebirth” is not without some flaws, of course. This album does not maintain a high level of quality throughout the entirety of its eighteen (!) tracks, and at the moment Jonathyn Arthurs gives the impression to be unable to combine the various elements present here in order to create a coherent album. In conclusion, “Rebirth” is a very interesting and original record, with some signs of immaturity, yet promising ideas. The Dark and Bleak Rebirth Selfreleased
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