Dark Millennium: reviews and works on DeBaser

Dark Millennium

Musical Group

Forfans of doom/death and progressive metal, and listeners curious about german underground metal.
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The Profile

Dark Millennium is a German metal band known for blending doom/death foundations with progressive twists. After the acclaimed 1992 debut Ashore the Celestial Burden and the stylistically divergent 1993 follow-up Diana Read Peace, they disbanded, later reforming to release new albums from 2016 onward.

Debut album: Ashore the Celestial Burden (1992). Second album: Diana Read Peace (1993), noted for a sharp stylistic shift. Vocals by Christian Martens are highlighted in both reviews. The band is German and later returned with albums including Midnight In The Void (2016), Where Oceans Collide (2018), and Acid River (2022).

Two detailed reviews by JURIX cover Dark Millennium’s first two albums. Ashore the Celestial Burden (1992) is praised for Sabbathian-tinged doom, dynamic tempo shifts, and memorable tracks. Diana Read Peace (1993) is highlighted for its radical stylistic shift, technical precision, and melancholic, dreamlike atmosphere. Both albums receive highly positive assessments.

Notable Quotes

❝ There are no fillers in this work by Dark Millennium, and even the brief "Disillusion" is a gem that with its elusive melancholy fits perfectly into the jewel that is "ASHORE THE CELESTIAL BURDEN".

❝ Second (and last) work for this German band, released a year after their debut “Ashore The Celestial Burden” and from which it diverges in a shocking way.