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Ultimate Darkness

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I can only listen to the first half of this extended CD, but it continues to be some of my favorite music to this very day. The stylistic and contextual changes which happen in the latter part don't appeal to my senses as much as the former, but seeing as this is essentially two CDs for the price of one I am easily willing to forget and simply turn my ear.

The first half of the album has a macabre and more brutal feel to it addressing darker issues along a similar and engaging sound that I can only describe as both mellow and yet high intensity. It works for both occasions where you crave a low, dark beat and music with feeling and a punch. It can address some weighty issues while others feel much more trivial, but regardless of whether a song in particular's lyrics are as poignant as the last, the music itself weighs through. The best songs though, in my opinion, are the ones with a certain philosophical edge such as "Next to Nothing" whose nihilistic overtones make this one of the most appealing tracks.

To quickly address the second half, the tone gets much more light-hearted and uplifting yet still hovers in the range of metal. A new, talented female singer is added for certain songs, but the feelings remain the same. This CD is like a double sided coin.

I highly recommend this album. It has been a shining gem in my collection.

This album is good metal like Metallica's self titled Black Album. You have to be in a certain mood to listen to this cd but it is a must in my collection. I probably only listen to the cd a couple times a year but it is definetely a good album and can be refreshing in terms of refreshing your soul.

I truly enjoyed Darkseed's Goth Metal style in the albums Give me Light Diving into Darkness, back in 1999. I have also have read that their style used to be Death Metal during their first few albums. Now, this album is very different from what I was expecting. The music is slighly industrial, with more effects and the vocals aren't as clean as before(eventho it is still Stefan Hertrich) - yes... their style now is a blend - Hardcore-Goth Metal??? There are no clean vocal chorus anymore - what I thought was the trademark of Darkseed, as Stefan takes his voice to a completely different and harsher level - that to me it sounded as a different singer overall.
Don't get me wrong - the music is still great, just not as melodic as their previous releases. And I can somehow see how this new update to their sound may actually bring them to a Popular Spotlight in the near future... a sci-fi or horror type movie perhaps?
Go ahead and buy it if you enjoy Aggressive/Goth music!

Amazing cd, that is all I can say.

For listeners of pure metal.

No regrets buying this masterpiece.