Dark Waters

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Beneath" is a single for a reason, an appealing song that is given additional variety by Ribaldini's backing vocals. A sonic rollercoaster ride of catchy tunes with explosive elements - ranging from pop to film score-inspired to blistering metal - merge perfectly with Diana’s fantastic voice, showcasing her incredible talent and musical sophistication. Each song on this long player is catchy, full of pathos and a hit, Also the new singer makes a great job and brings soul into the heavy soundscapes. The biggest obstacle for me to overcome going into Dark Waters was the new vocalist, but I was pleasantly surprised. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

The downside, perhaps, is that so much attention has been given to elevating this away from the norm that focus on the actual writing has not been as sharp as previously. Before I thought delain sounded like a second version of nightwish while just changing the vocal style, but I feel that they have really found their "sound" now. Dutch symphonic metal pioneers DELAIN break into new realms with their eagerly awaited, brand new full-length, Dark Waters, out February 10, 2023 via Napalm Records. DELAIN magnificently manages to never lose touch of their characteristic sound, making them a constant without ever standing still. After initially considering making it a project with rotating members, he decided to rebuild the lineup.Here, standards mirror those of perennial arena-fillers Nightwish, and a cameo from that band’s former bass player Marko Hietala seems wholly apt. A sonic rollercoaster ride of catchy tunes with explosive elements - ranging from pop to film score-inspired to blistering metal - merge perfectly with Diana's fantastic voice, showcasing her incredible talent and musical sophistication.

Simultaneously on the same day of the single's release, the band announced the title of their upcoming seventh studio album, Dark Waters, with a release date of 10 February 2023. The first two songs to emerge – The Quest And The Curse, and Beneath – were and are hugely impressive, cementing what appeared to be a comeback few would have predicted.DELAIN's MARTIJN WESTERHOLT Announces End Of Band's Most Recent Lineup: 'The Others Have Chosen To Pursue Different Paths' ". The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The vocal department holds new adventures with guest singer Paolo Ribaldini, who also highlights the hauntingly beautiful “Beneath” as the ultimate hymn. The digisleeve and limited box editions feature a second disc, containing the instrumental versions of the first disc. even a few songs that still remind me of older material, largely "the quest and the curse", and "invictus" (btw AWESOME to hear marko hietala doing his magic in it.