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\nDARKANE is perhaps one of the most extraordinary metal acts of our times. Their unique blend of melodic death, thrash, industrial and progressive metal brought them a reputation of die-hard innovators whose each new release is sure to blow everyone\u2019s minds away.
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\nMetal Mind Productions presents the exclusive re-issues of Darkane\u2019s three classic albums \u2013 \u201cInsanity\u201d, \u201cExpanding Senses\u201d and \u201cLayers of Lies\u201d \u2013 which bring back the cold precision and sheer power of Scandinavian metal. A power you must not underestimate\u2026
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\nThis Swedish group emerged in early 1998 from the ashes of a thrash act Agregator. Christofer Malmstr\u00f6m (guitar) and Peter Wildoer (drums) joined forces and wrote the songs \u201cConvicted\u201d and \u201cThe Rape of Mankind\u201d, which soon got them a record deal with War Music. The duo, along with J\u00f6rgen L\u00f6fberg (bass), Klas Ideberg (guitar) and Bjorn \u201cSpeed\u201d Strid (vocals), recorded \u201cConvicted\u201d and a new track called \u201cJuly 1999\u201d for the \u201cWardance\u201d compilation. Unfortunately, due to his commitments as a member of Soilwork, Speed could not stay long in the band, leaving Darkane in search of a replacement vocalist. The band asked Daniel Bergstrand of Dug-Out Records if there was anyone he could recommend for the job. That is how the name Lawrence Mallory (Forcefeed). The band was very satisfied with Mallory\u2019s vocals and let him record the tracks for what would be \u201cRusted Angel\u201d. After completing the recordings, the band went on to play a string of shows, including a short European tour. Unfortunately, soon after that Mallory left the group and Darkane were once again missing a vocalist. This problem was solved by the addition of Andreas Sydow to the line-up. Upon the release of their debut album \u201cRusted Angel\u201d (1999), the band started another string of shows. In June 2000 the band was working on the record but unfortunately the sessions were plagued by a number of setbacks including burned equipment, an electric storm and floods. Despite the difficulties, Darkane finished the album, appropriately naming it \u201cInsanity\u201d. After securing a deal with Nuclear Blast Records, the band released their second opus worldwide in early 2001. The album was critically acclaimed, with reviewers praising the intense mixture of melodic death and thrash metal with a strong, technical approach. A lot of attention was given to Peter Wildoer\u2019s drumming, which was often described as \u201cinhuman\u201d. Sydow\u2019s vocals also passed the test, especially when confronted with Mallory\u2019s solid performance on \u201cRusted Angel\u201d. Sydow\u2019s style of singing turned out to be something absolutely unique on the metal scene, unlike many other bands whose vocalists sounded very similar to each other. Their third opus,\u201cExpanding Senses\u201d, was released in August 2002. The record met with a very warm reception \u2013 reviewers praised the group\u2019s improvement of the winning formula that brought \u201cInsanity\u201d, calling \u201cExpanding Senses\u201d an even more exciting and powerful release. After November 2003, the members of Darkane were ready to start working on their next album. Unfortunately, during the long touring period between 2002 and 2003, drummer Peter Wildoer suffered a serious wrist injury which ultimately became the reason for Darkane\u2019s one-year-long hiatus. Their fourth opus \u201cLayers of Lies\u201d was finally completed in March 2005 and the release dates were set for June 12th in Europe and July 12th in America. Again the album\u2019s reception was great, with many reviewers calling \u201cLayers of Lies\u201d Darkane\u2019s best work to date. Once the album was out, it was time for the group to hit the road. After the tour, the band recorded a hometown show, which became the foundation for Darkane\u2019s first live DVD called \u201cLayers of Live\u201d. In August 2007, vocalist Andreas Sydow surprised everyone with his decision to leave Darkane. This was a tremendous blow to the band but Darkane continued to write new material and in October they announced Sydow\u2019s replacement. During the recordings for the band\u2019s fifth album (rumored to be called \u201cDemonic Art\u201d), Darkane again suffered from bad luck, as their studio got badly flooded. Because of this, the recording process was postponed. In August 2011, the vocal position in the group was filled by Darkane\u2019s original singer, Lawrence Mallory.
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\nDarkane remains a strong contender on the Scandinavian metal scene and their upcoming album will surely prove that. In the meantime, the exclusive re-issues of \u201cInsanity\u201d, \u201cExpanding Senses\u201d and \u201cLayers of Lies\u201d bring back some of the band\u2019s most impressive efforts \u2013 this is truly essential material for every fan of extreme, uncompromising music!
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\nThe exclusive remasters of Darkane\u2019s albums will be available in a new digipak edition each limited to 2000 copies. The release date is set for December, 12th in Europe and January, 10th 2011 in USA (via MVD).
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Darkane<\/p>\n
Insanity (remastered)
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\nLabel: Metal Mind Records<\/p>\n
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1453 DG<\/p>\n
Barcode: 5907785037236<\/p>\n
Format: CD Digipak (limited edition of 2000 numbered copies)<\/p>\n
Genre: Melodic Death \/ Thrash Metal<\/p>\n
Release date: 12.12.2011 Europe \/ 10.01.2012 USA
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\nTracklist:
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1. Calamitas<\/p>\n
2. Third<\/p>\n
3. Emanation of Fear<\/p>\n
4. Impure Perfection<\/p>\n
5. Hostile Phantasm<\/p>\n
6. Psychic Pain<\/p>\n
7. 000111<\/p>\n
8. The Perverted Beast<\/p>\n
9. Distress<\/p>\n
10. Inauspicious Coming<\/p>\n
11. Pile of Hate<\/p>\n
12. Inverted Spheres
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\nDarkane<\/p>\n
Expanding Senses (remastered)<\/p>\n
Label: Metal Mind Records<\/p>\n
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1454 DG<\/p>\n
Barcode: 5907785037243<\/p>\n
Format: CD Digipak (limited edition of 2000 numbered copies)<\/p>\n
Genre: Melodic Death \/ Thrash Metal<\/p>\n
Release date: 12.12.2011 Europe \/ 10.01.2012 USA
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\n1. Innocence Gone<\/p>\n
2. Solitary Confinement<\/p>\n
3. Fatal Impact<\/p>\n
4. Imaginary Entity<\/p>\n
5. Violent From Within<\/p>\n
6. The Fear of One\u2019s Self<\/p>\n
7. Chaos Vs. Order<\/p>\n
8. Parasites of the Unexplained<\/p>\n
9. Submission<\/p>\n
Darkane<\/p>\n
Layers of Lies (remastered)<\/p>\n
Label: Metal Mind Records<\/p>\n
Cat. No.: MASS CD 1455 DG<\/p>\n
Barcode: 5907785037250<\/p>\n
Format: CD Digipak (limited edition of 2000 numbered copies)<\/p>\n
Genre: Melodic Death \/ Thrash Metal<\/p>\n
Release date: 12.12.2011 Europe \/ 10.01.2012 USA<\/p>\n
Tracklist:<\/p>\n
1. Calamitas<\/p>\n
1. Amnesia of the Wildoerian Apocalypse<\/p>\n
2. Secondary Effects<\/p>\n
3. Organic Canvas<\/p>\n
4. Fading Dimensions<\/p>\n
5. Layers of Lies<\/p>\n
6. Godforsaken Universe<\/p>\n
7. Klastrophobic Hibernation<\/p>\n
8. Vision of Degradation<\/p>\n
9. Contaminated<\/p>\n
10. Maelstrom Crisis<\/p>\n
11. Decadent Messiah<\/p>\n
12. The Creation Insane DARKANE is perhaps one of the most extraordinary metal acts of our times. Their unique…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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