http://darkdose.com your daily dose of the dark Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:02:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As I struggled to keep this site going in the recent past, today's email from Krishna gave me enough strength to muster up a new post at midnight. Although this isn't the most original material in the world, this song caught my attention mainly because of the clean vocals. ... http://darkdose.com/?p=180 Granted I've never been a huge Rotting Christ fan, but I've had a weak spot for some extreme greek music for some time now. Theogonia has still not sold me 100% either, but there are undeniably songs that really impressed me in this 2007 release. Sakis delivered some hooks that ... http://darkdose.com/?p=175 I've always been extremely skeptical about any band that tried to live up to the melodic dreampop/shoegaze title even if they weren't gunning for the number 1 spot. Slowdive had that approach mastered and I've considered them to be in a league of their own ever since I started ... http://darkdose.com/?p=168 As is painfully obvious, Dark Dose has gone on somewhat of a hiatus. This isn't indicative of a lack of incredible new dark music, it's actually been pleasantly plentiful the past several months, but rather a lack of time on behalf of the contributors. Lately I've been struggling to keep ... http://darkdose.com/?p=167 The sun shines high above, the sounds of laughter. The birds swoop down upon, the crosses of old grey churches. We say that we're in love, while secretly wishing for rain. Sipping coke and playing games. September's here again... September's here again. We're not dead, life just beckons. More to come ... http://darkdose.com/?p=166 Before I write a few words about the song I'm prescribing for a healthy slab of darkness today, I want to acknowledge the fact that darkdose.com has survived for 2 years. That's not to say we haven't had to be resuscitated a few times, but that's pretty damn good. Since ... http://darkdose.com/?p=165 One of the greatest features of this site is that when one contributor (read: me) goes MIA, the other guys are there to pick up the slack. I haven’t shared anything for several months now, but I’m here to make it up to you by introducing you to your ... http://darkdose.com/?p=164 There are so many levels of dynamism on this record that provoked a variety of feelings. I was overwhelmed. Upon more listens, I personally feel that the intelligent musical arrangements allow for this massive amount of sections and sound to flow naturally without being "too much" to cram ... http://darkdose.com/?p=163 Back in January I wrote about how Sweden's Carnal Forge perfectly compliments any bad attitude. Their aggressive music, violent lyrics and vocal style have earned them a cult following, including myself. I also noted how vocalist Jonas Kjellgren had left to join the quickly rising melodic death metal band Scar ... http://darkdose.com/?p=162 On April 24, 2007, Deleyaman played live in Yerevan, Armenia. For most of us, that's not exactly the closest show to catch. However, as someone who travels to Yerevan about twice a year for work, this was an amazing coincidence and I couldn't pass up the opportunity. ... http://darkdose.com/?p=161