Lost To The Living - Daylight Dies

No Reply - Daylight Dies

Daylight Dies are an American band playing a distinctly European style of death metal, heavily influenced by the doom metal of Katatonia around their seminal Brave Murder Day release. This band s first album No Reply is far from a worthy successor, based around mostly dull and overly repetitive rhythms, but it still makes for pleasant background music for doom fans, even if it s not as gloomy as it perhaps should be, especially in the more upbeat moments such as I Wait and the catchy, very Katatonia-esque Four Corners. In the Silence is similar to a post-rock instrumental, rising gradually to a crescendo across its considerable length, and it leaves me feeling ...

No Reply - Daylight Dies

Daylight Dies are an American band playing a distinctly European style of death metal, heavily influenced by the doom metal of Katatonia around their seminal Brave Murder Day release. This band s first album No Reply is far from a worthy successor, based around mostly dull and overly repetitive rhythms, but it still makes for pleasant background music for doom fans, even if it s not as gloomy as it perhaps should be, especially in the more upbeat moments such as I Wait and the catchy, very Katatonia-esque Four Corners. In the Silence is similar to a post-rock instrumental, rising gradually to a crescendo across its considerable length, and it leaves me feeling ...

Dismantling Devotion - Daylight Dies

Daylight Dies second album finally goes some way towards establishing the band s own sound, even if they still essentially owe everything to Katatonia s Brave Murder Day. Nathan Ellis vocals are superior to those of his predecessor, deep and powerful in every song, and the guitars now stand out rather than fade exclusively into the background, the pleasant lead melodies at the end of A Life Less Lived actually making me wish for more as they faded to silence. The style is still dominated by slow, plodding drums, and while this keeps things nice and accessible, it does hinder the effect of the more sorrowful songs like All We Had. The last two songs hint towards ...

Dismantling Devotion - Daylight Dies

Daylight Dies second album finally goes some way towards establishing the band s own sound, even if they still essentially owe everything to Katatonia s Brave Murder Day. Nathan Ellis vocals are superior to those of his predecessor, deep and powerful in every song, and the guitars now stand out rather than fade exclusively into the background, the pleasant lead melodies at the end of A Life Less Lived actually making me wish for more as they faded to silence. The style is still dominated by slow, plodding drums, and while this keeps things nice and accessible, it does hinder the effect of the more sorrowful songs like All We Had. The last two songs hint towards ...