Darkest Hour Premiere New Video

After having released their new album in the UK yesterday and it hitting US shores today, Darkest Hour have unveiled a video for one of the many tracks they premièred before the album’s release. “The Misery We Make” is the usual affair, footage of the band in various set ups, from an empty flat to rooftops. Its their most radio friendly song, yet that doesn’t mean that its bad , its a got a brilliant solo hidden amongst the choruses! It just means that Darkest Hour are trying something new, which after the fairly average The Human Romance is a welcome respite. “The Misery We Make” is short, catchy and sweet.

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Eluveitie – Origins

The folk metal titans Eluveitie are back with their latest offering, ‘Origins‘, with the album title deriving from the self-described ‘going back to the musical roots’ album. Supposing that means Eluveitie’s music will go back to the vein of the first two releases ‘Ven‘ and ‘Slania‘, but quite frankly not a whole lot has changed musically with Eluveitie since the very beginning. They still play a consistent stream of melodic death metal with virtuostic folk melodies underlaying the rhythms, but with their last effort, ‘Helvetios‘, it started to look like the folk metal masters were going stale.

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