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, d…
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