The Darkening - Awake
Review by Antonio de Miguel, Kenshonature
Darkening's album Awake is a powerful and intense offering that showcases the band's impressive musicianship and songwriting skills. From the opening track "The Awakening" to the final notes of "Dawn of a New Day," the album takes the listener on a journey through a range of emotions and musical styles.
The band's heavy, melodic sound is complemented by haunting vocals and intricate guitar work. Songs like "Fading Away" and "Lost in the Moment" are particularly standout tracks, with their driving rhythms and soaring choruses.
The album also features some slower, more introspective tracks, such as "Echoes of the Past" and "The Last Goodbye," which offer a nice contrast to the more aggressive songs.
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Filename: the-darkening-awake.zip- MP3 size: 57 mb
- FLAC size: 468 mb
Tracks
| Track | Duration | Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Planet Of Mine | 4:09 | |
| Silent Souls | 3:46 | |
| Last Glory (Intro) | 2:16 | |
| The Eye On The Throne | 4:54 | |
| Master | 4:49 | |
| The Nameless One | 3:46 | |
| Frozen Time | 4:38 | |
| Walpurgisnight | 4:45 | |
| The Evil Black Lord | 4:52 | |
| Secret | 4:02 |
Video
The Darkening - Awake (Full album HQ)
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Catalog Numbers
MC 96Labels
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Formats
CDCompanies
| Role | Company |
|---|---|
| Recorded At | Soundshape Studio |
Credits
| Role | Credit |
|---|---|
| Artwork | Kris Verwimp |
| Engineer | Frans Van Steenbergen |
| Recorded By | Frans Van Steenbergen |
Notes
500 copiesAbout The Darkening
The Darkening has been founded in 1993 as a Death Metal cover band (early Death, early Slayer). The founders of The Darkening are Patrick Luyten (bass), Koen Colen (vocals) and Marc Corthout (guitar). Different drummers passed through the band, all playing in other bands like Demonolatry, Pentacle, Conspiracy of Silence, & as steady members. After a couple of gigs, the band stopped their activities, but the 2 leaders Koen Colen and Marc Corthout have decided to go on and the line-up has been rapidly completed with new members Tom Bisschops (bass), Dirk Dresselaerts (lead guitar) and Tom Druyts (drums). With this line-up, they decided to compose their own songs, keeping one cover per gig. After some free-podium showcases, they played serious gigs with Ancient Rites, Exterminator, Avatar, Sadist, Vibrion, & The Christmas eve, December 23 & 24 '95, they entered the dark caves of a studio and spawned in atrocious bleeding spasms their first demo "Silent Souls". It came to the eyes and eras of the mortals in January '96. Unfortunately this demo that sold essentially in Belgium is sold out! Again, the gigs followed with Ordeal, Cantar, Ancient Rites, Enthroned, Magia Posthuma, Avatar, Bal Sagoth, & In the midsummer burning, they re-entered the batcaves of the Soundshape studio to record their CD "Awake
Members
- Mark Van De Velde
Summary by Antonio de Miguel, Kenshonature
Comments
2023-04-13
Discaso! The Darkening era una banda con muchísimo futuro lastima pero bueno la banda grabó algo más que éste álbum? Gracias al canal por compartir tan increíbles archivos!!
2023-04-12
Nice
2023-04-11
Got my cassette re-issue coming in the mail!
2023-04-11
e come mai non li ho mai sentiti questi? Livello altissimo!!!
2023-04-10
like the Amorphis
2023-04-09
Would love if this death/doom classic from Belgium would come to spotify!
2023-04-09
Has a good old 90's sound. Had the cd for many years, but I would like it re-issued with the demo tape material.
2023-04-08
Ik ben één van de trotse eigenaars van deze cd. R.I.P. Cotte.
2023-04-08
The next Beatles.
2023-04-07
Six
2023-04-07
Who the fuck is Tom van Deuren en Mark van de velde ;;;Zij staan niet op CD vermeld !!!!!!
2023-04-07
RIP Marc Corthout and Dirk Dresselaerts...taken too soon but always in our minds and hearts!
2023-04-06
Cool
