Biography
The first release from Roadburn Records is is an extremely heady affair. By melding modern classical composition with doom metal drums, the band White Darkness have thrown open the door to a vast universe of musical possibility. At times, they offer dark ambient movie soundscapes reminiscent of Shinjuku Thief or Coph Nia - dark and tense portraits of things best left undisturbed. Elsewhere they evoke the heroically martial tones of Der Blutharsch backing a Dmitri Shostakovich-inspired string quartet.
Throughout Nothing, there are two constants. The first is a richly-textured, deeply evocative environment… dark, epic piano melding with subtle electronics to cast somber images of man's struggle against nature. The second is the insistent pulse of funeral doom metal drumming - invoking the spirit and aura of doom metal legends like Thergothon and Skepticism. White Darkness start from these places and expand on them, creating the perfect mix of modern classical doom metal.
White Darkness is the sonic creation of Dutchman Jason Köhnen, a one-man symphony creating his personal interpretations of nihilistic thoughts.
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