Dawn Of Tears - Dark Chamber Litanies

When I was writing my review for DoT’s latest album I visited their website and was surprised to see that it was possible to download their older material free of charge. Given that I enjoyed the newest album I did just that. ‘Dark Chamber Litanies’ was an EP that came out in 2009, when Kerrang said “Stunning mixture between Melodic Death Metal, Gothic and Classic. Make a shake with Cradle of Filth and Dark Tranquility, with some Iron Maiden and you’ll get it.” I couldn’t have put it better myself, as this is metal album crammed full of melody and riffs like slabs of lead that are delivered with speed and definition, yet there is always that gothic overtone. This is a band that while often deemed to be melodic death metal are in fact not really that at all, the same as they are not really any one particular genre as they straddle so many. It may make it hard to describe but as soon as this hits the player then any listener will be sat there with a smile on their face as this has so much going for it. And did I mention that it was free?