JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS – MULTITUDES OF EMPTINESS ( Review by Varg The Mighty )

  Today’s review is of American Symphonic Black Death Metal band Journey Into Darkness’ new album.
Years after the initial Dungeon Synth release, this project has been revived with a completely new shape. The album is an offering of Symphonic Black Metal with heavy orchestration in multiple parts somewhat like Limbonic Art, but also with some similarity to old Arcturus, although there are also quite apparent Death Metal influences (most notably on some vocals) that make the album quite different than the usual, with pretty good songs like “Programmed To Die”.
As a remain from the original concept of the project, there are multiple electronic interludes that give a much more cosmic feeling to the album, even though in some parts they seem too much like a soundtrack of a videogame, breaking the Black Metal atmosphere into something quite less eerie, even if it still has an unusual aura. This is decently combined with the actual songs, giving an equilibrium of both styles without the need of their forced combination.
I recommend this album to fans of Dungeon Synth, Darkwave, Symphonic Black Metal, Ambient Black Metal and Black Death Metal. My rating is of 8/10.

Review by Varg The Mighty