THE BEAST

Today, pan-international death metal elite   Darkened  stream their brand-new EP,  Mourn the Dying Light , at   the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel . Set for international release on January 7th via  Edged Circle Productions   on 7" vinyl format, hear  Darkened 's  Mourn the Dying Light  in its entirety exclusively   HERE .

While   Darkened  made a none-more-auspicious start with the  Into the Blackness  EP during the summer of 2019, it was the band's debut album,  Kingdom of Decay , where they literally EXPLODED onto the scene. Proud and pure death metal, no more but definitely no less, it was not at all surprising that   Darkened  made an immediate impact given their lineup on that debut full-length: drummer Andy Whale (Memoriam, ex-Bolt Thrower), vocalist Gord Olson (Ye Goat-Herd Gods / Demisery), guitarists Linus Nirbrant (A Canorous Quintet / This Ending) and Hempa Brynolfsson (Excruciate / Ordo Inferus), and new bassist Tobias Cristiansson (Grave / ex-Dismember). Patient and punishing, they proved that true songwriting stuns and crushes when practiced by masters of the death metal craft.

Now, as a precursor to a new full-length in 2022,   Darkened  arrive with the short & VERY sweet  Mourn the Dying Light  EP. More spacious but somehow heavier, the two songs comprising this record show that this lineup is truly finding their groove - and by "groove," we most definitely mean those of a tank! Produced, mixed, and mastered by Linus Nibrant,  Mourn the Dying Ligh t  maintains a most powerful aspect - clear and crushing, as expected, but with a surprising amount of atmosphere which will likely be expanded upon on that forthcoming second album. Says the band, "This EP continues on from where  Kingdom Of Decay  ended, and clearly sets the tone for the upcoming album. Pushing even further into lyrical darkness, foreboding heaviness, wistful melody, and murderous aggression,   Darkened  are forging old-school death metal in a melancholic landscape."

In the leadup to its international release this Friday, hear  Mourn the Dying Light  in its entirety exclusively   HERE , courtesy of the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Preorder info can be found   HERE  at  Edged Circle 's Bandcamp. C over artwork, courtesy of Juanjo Castellano Rosado (Unleashed, The Black Dalhia Murder, Gates of Ishtar), and  tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Darkened (International)'s Mourn the Dying Light
1. Black Winter
2. The Slime Runs Down Your Throat

DARKENED lineup 2021
Hempa Brynolfsson - guitar (Excruciate)
Linus Nirbrant - guitar (A Canorous Quintet)
Tobias Cristiansson - bass (Grave, ex-Dismember)
Gord Olson - vocals (Ye Goat Herd Gods)
Andy Whale - drums (Memoriam, ex-Bolt Thrower)

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