From the dark chambered depths of Frankenstein castle comes the abominable creation of Alice Cooper’s lost angry love child grown up under the nurturing guidance of Cradle of Filth and Marilyn Manson. A few too many inhales from the Zombie hog hell-pipe comes Darkc3ll. Darkc3LL take the heavy hillbilly sound and mix with the high quality oil from the Amityville well. They hail from the dark heart of Brisbane, Australia sworn to making hate sound fun as the new bastard sons of the non-mainstream underground.
What Marilyn took from Alice, Darkc3ll took from the hell riding, shock rocking, gothic souls of a hundred maniacs before them.
Darkc3ll are one of Australia’s fastest rising acts tagged as a ‘modern day KISS’. Delivering solid meat counter hooks and loud, screaming horror movie sounds. There are plenty of demons spewing out the diesel for these devils rejects. Taking slasher riffs from parts unknown, made to order in the monster magnetic deep fryer. From the abyss to the black lagoon, they possess whatever stage they exorcise on.
Visually and musically, Darkc3ll have proven themselves’ to be a world class outfit continuing the scorching path blazed by contemporaries in several metal genre’s showing no signs of slowing down. Hell hath no fury. They have 2015’s Civil Unrest tour and 2014’s Soundwave Festival notched on their spiked, blood stained belts, also sharing stages and untold sins with Wednesday 13, Otep, Combichrist and others.
To some social media is the devil’s tool. So the band continues to feverishly use it for fan interaction and updates with their brood of minions, dubbed the ‘Army of Darkn3ss’. No hellish marketing campaigns could overshadow the bands strong DIY ethic. Flowing against the grain of the modern mainstream is their goal and to look beautifully hellish doing it. If they are already this good, a deal with the devil may not be needed.
From the blood shot demonized eyes of Rob Zombie come’s the sleek demonic shine of Chrome Division and the hopped up skullduggery of Monster Magnet. With face punches from Godsmack, and the Murderdolls. Not to mention the good ole Sunday school charm of Marilyn Manson. Drac Man (vox), the Post Mortem player of (guitars, keys), Derelict (bass) and a massacre on drums in the form of Macabre comes dripping out of the moat and/or morgue, they resemble both. They are inspired by the corpses of their idols and not afraid to dig them up for advice. With earlier releases Reboot Repeat and Dark Verses perfectly slammed buried and cemented in the heads of the devoted, they are boned up and ready to Devolve and Destroy.
“All My Heroes are Dead,” starts just how a good ole country hellbilly tune should with flamed lipped harmonics, hand rocking and drinking the devils pride at night. With a hangover so bad the sunshine will burn the skin away to cast the demons out.
“The Un-invited” is a psychedelic swirl on a cramped, warped slide, laying down monstrous riffs with the hunger and passion of a juiced up reignited Frankenstein creation. A hymn played in the spirit of the Anti-Christ superstar spewing out those delicious hate anthems with a side of golden age.
“Devil Ride 69” proclaims the doomed and malevolent fairy tale, told from the dripping acidic lips of the snickering narrator. It’s scary time! They are the new boogeyman for this generations nightmare requests. Whether they lurk under the bed or inside your head, you are marked for the catch. Hell fire and brimstone in hand, they are on a trip down the fury road to the further for a spiritual purge.
“The Man who destroyed the World,” bell rings, its man vs beast in a fight for the human soul. It’s a nasty, catchy tune about voluntary Armageddon. Sirens of anarchy, earth doesn’t get the rocky comeback.
“Hollywood Scars” is horror punk with a 50s flame and flare. Dimmu Borgir meets Davey on the superstar suicide scene. Down the boulevard of broken dreams and discarded bodies of the disenchanted and jaded. They have the best dead girls, living in the scene and the burns from the bright lights and falling stars to prove it.
Karen MMK
Great write up on the guys \m/