![]() ![]() Its 11 tracks take you on a journey through the ‘dark night of the soul’ in 46 minutes, meaning you’ve got to buy into their heavy metal experiment. Where Darker Still might falter is also where it succeeds: it demands your attention, all of it, for a lot of your time. Revealed as vocalist Winston McCall ’s attempt to make their Nothing Else Matters moment, the track wouldn’t look out of place on MAIDEN ’s more progressive voyages, as majestic strings sail you through the seas of darkness and guitarists Jeff Ling and Luke Kilpatrick take command of the kingdom with glittering, golden guitar lines. ![]() But if there’s any song that’ll send shockwaves through PARKWAY ’s world, it’s the towering, seven-minute title track. The Horizons/ Deep Blue purists will say they’ve sold out, whilst those open to Ire and Reverence ’s loftier heights will find a happy home here. Like any band brave enough to switch sides, Darker Still will split a fanbase like Moses did the red sea. No matter what nook or cranny they hide their metal under, PARKWAY DRIVE unite it all with one thing: hooks to sing your heart out to. Like Napalm lights up with power solos to make trad metal fans proud, Glitch digs up the dancefloor with its industrial electro-rock stomp, and If A God Can Bleed channels ME & THAT MAN ’s blackened outlaw country. Sure, the Australian giants haven’t dished out deathcore in a decade, but 2015’s Ire and 2018’s Reverence sewed the seeds that Darker Still blooms. Hell, METALLICA invented it on The Black Album, and now PARKWAY DRIVE are next at bat with Darker Still. ARCHITECTS did it with For Those That Wish To Exist. AVENGED SEVENFOLD did it with Hail To The King. Next thing you know, they’ve shed their skin and graduated to the big leagues. As the festival slots get higher and the venues bigger, so do the shows and the sounds. A band bursts out the gates, builds a fervorous fanbase, and climbs to the top of their genre.
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