Dark The Suns
In Darkness Comes Beauty

The 'Dark the Suns' are a band from Finland, and this is their first full-length album with a death-gothic influence. Here is the lineup:

Mikko Ojala: Guitar / Vocals
Inka Tuomaala: Bass
Juha Kokkonen: Keyboards
Markus Lehtinen: Drums

'In darkness comes beauty' is an album monochromatic in chords but well-played. It opens with 'Reflections,' which introduces a guitar groove diluted by virtuosic keyboards. The vocals start as a whisper, alternating with death, while the lyrics are simple and sunken in an emotional twilight, confirmed by the following 'The sleeping beauty' which maintains the path guided by delicate keyboards like a music box. The next 'Black sun' does not deviate from this, just like 'Alone' where the keyboards are particularly cadenced in short sequences. 'A darkness to drown in' resumes similarly with slight tempo variations on the keyboards and excellent solo guitar hints akin to 'Allergic' by Placebo. 'Angel soul' resumes with the same crepuscular lyrics similar to a funeral eulogy, while in the background, the rhythm guitar progresses, detaching from the uniform frequency. The subsequent 'Drama for gods' is identical, while 'Ghost bridges' has more pronounced cadences at the sonic level, though the tempo in the lyrics remains identical, just like their meaning and the death vocal, which varies slightly in some passages, approaching Dani Filth.

The concluding 'Like angels and demons' and 'Away' also do not present significant variations; therefore, I would say that the album is what I have described. The melodic contribution from the keyboards is certainly appreciable, as is the contribution from the strings and choirs that sometimes harmonize the background. There are also no significant tempo variations in the vocal lines, which do not correspond to an extremely violent death, with a steady slow and linear pace as well as the rhythm guitar.

In conclusion, I classify the band as a worthy representative of the proposed genre in terms of technique, while they are mediocre concerning the lyrics, which perhaps lack emotion, and for that reason, I have not reported them. This critique also includes the stiff tempo in the metric for my personal taste. Beyond this, I don't think this album struggles to be appreciated by those interested in the genre.