Review: 'Dismantling Devotion' by Daylight Dies
Dismantling Devotion
is a difficult record to describe. I’ve been listening to it for a few months now and it pretty much falls outside most genres, so is probably best explained in terms of mood and atmosphere – which is overwhelmingly dark and melancholic, but by the same token emotional and uplifting. Tracks are mid-paced and incorporate elements of prog, death, doom etc. I suppose the closest bedfellows are Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride. But I’d argue that Daylight Dies have forged their own sound, which is far richer, complex, textured and modern than their potential influences. If you like Opeth, but wish they’d spend less time as noodling guitar musos and more time creating heavy, atmospheric soundscapes, then Daylight Dies will pretty much press all your buttons. Oh yes, and Mosh loves them (which, if you knew Mosh, would be a huge endorsement.) Best track: A Dream Resigned.
A free download of 'All We Had' is available from Darkdose.com - Jesse Haff's (Daylight Dies drummer) MP3 blog.
9/10
Posted by monoman at 10:50 PM on June 08, 2006
