Expanding Senses in Bloomington, MN

Darkane
's third album boasts a potent balance of brutality, musicality, and style. Somehow, this band manages to use melody without sacrificing intensity and to exploit all the extreme elements of
death metal
and
grindcore
without eschewing songs. Furthermore,
's progressive chops never sink the music into schmaltzy
neo-classical
melodrama like so many of the band's Scandinavian peers. A stunning synthesis of
metal
styles. ~ Andy Hinds