{"id":103857,"date":"2024-09-05T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T23:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=103857"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:11:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T11:11:51","slug":"ep-review-living-darkness-the-three-daggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-living-darkness-the-three-daggers\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVING DARKNESS – The Three Daggers EP (2024) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

LIVING DARKNESS
The Three Daggers EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2024)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Four years after their 2020 debut full-length album The Bishop<\/em>, Los Angeles, California-based rockers Living Darkness continue their intermittent quest with a new three-song EP, The Three Daggers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Jeff Aldana (vocals), Eddy Mendoza (guitar), Danielle Gomez (bass) and Ulises Hernandez (drums) are responsible for quite the epic sounding and varied experience, even if it\u2019s all over after just 15 minutes. If you don\u2019t know Living Darknes then I\u2019d describe them somewhat as theatrical in their stance as flashes of King Diamond mash with traditional elements of Iron Maiden and Saxon.<\/p>\n

There is a wild and colourful edge to the band as they vibrantly flit through dim, Gothic corridors and rip into \u2018The Healer\u2019. Dual guitar attacks, smoking dark melodies and flecks of thrashy Judas Priest form a kaleidoscopic brew as the track gallops with a crystal clear vim and brooding intensity.<\/p>\n

Very late 80s in its design, the whole EP \u2013 also featuring \u2018Not Your Prisoner\u2019 with its lashing impactful chorus, and \u2018Kiss Of Death\u2019 with its hammering percussion and molten steel axework \u2013 boasts that classic cocksure swagger. The vocals are a potent joy to behold as Aldana smoothly yet powerfully brings a mood that hints at Anthrax at their darkest. The crunch and fluidity, especially on \u2018Kiss Of Death\u2019, also reminds me of modern Anthrax with the dynamic metallic chugs.<\/p>\n

The sound Living Darkness boasts is so emphatically enchanting and The Three Daggers<\/em> is a pure molten volcano for metalheads everywhere.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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