Review by Fear Of Life (Belgium)

Odes to Our Brumal Kingdom

Receiving a black metal demo generally doesn't do any good for my state of mind as the quality of these musical excesses is often piteous. Signs of Darkness luckily are an exception as the music displayed on "Odes to Our Brumal Kingdom" is fairly good, although it doesn't show really much originality (but then again, 95% of the bands aren't original while some of 'em do bring quality music). Signs of Darkness stand for varied black metal with hints to death metal. The melodic metal is varied in speeds, often catchy and is sometimes enriched with keys and (rarely) acoustic guitars, benefiting to the atmosphere. Overall a worthy demo with good soundquality and neat, pro printed inlay.

Review by AW
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