Release Date: February 21st 2025. Record Label: Self Released. Formats: DD
Darkest - Track Listing:
Traversing Through The Void
The Grand Display
Descent
Aftermath
Members
Jussi – Bass
Tomi – Vocals
Atte – Guitar
Matti – Drums
Review
Darkest is the new EP from Doom/Sludge Metallers Lightsucker. I remember reviewing their debut album ZAMMAL back in 2016. when they were signed to Argonauta Records. The band have released a couple of records since then including their 2022 album Stonemoon. This EP is their heaviest record to date and if you dig bands such as Church Of Misery, EYEHATEGOD and DOWN but with a slight reliance on Cosmic/Psychedelic passages.
The EP only lasts for twenty minutes and has an lo-fi, seedy and sludgy approach which allows their underground Stoner Rock charms work their magic. The vocals vary from harsh growls to clean vocals but with a devilish attitude appearing from them. The music can be quite NOLA obsessive in places especially on tracks such as Traversing Through The Void and Aftermath. There are even moments of Prog Rock and classic sounding HEAVY METAL on the following tracks The Grand Display and Descent.
Darkest is a great mixture of old-school thrills and spills with a ferocious modern day Sludge/Stoner Metal attitude with Lightsucker showing brief glimpses of some extreme metal along the way. With the promise of more chapters from this story, Lightsucker are going to be around for quite some time and I'll be interested and excited to hear how the story will unravel....
Until then, Darkest is a superb EP from Lightsucker and offers solid entertainment within it's short runtime that leaves you wanting to hear more.
Words by Steve Howe
Darkest will be available to buy digitally from Friday 21st February 2025.
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