Music Reviews

The Dark Angel Divine

The Newchange

Mechanically Separated

Seems highly unfathomable that a band thanking – and, by extension, citing as influences – such high-profilers as Cradle of Filth, Type O Negative, My Dying Bride, and Moonspell in their liner notes could emerge from the humble burg of Vero Beach, but lo and behold, this month’s anomaly of grand proportions is Vero’s own the Dark Angel Divine. Presumably, The Newchange is the quintet’s debut, and as such, said influences seem readily apparent: Dani Filth’s dry wheeze gets a working over (actually, vox closer to a typical Swedish death-thrash rasp, but hey – close enough), low-rent keyboards on loan from Peter Steele and company, gutted but vaguely melodic guitars culled from M.D.B.’s Symphonaire Infernus, and one of the members looks mildly Portuguese, so there’s the Moonspell influence, I guess. Seriously, though, it’s refreshing to see gothic metal that’s well executed and not the least bit short on novel ideas coming from somewhere in Florida besides Tampa. And for that, I award Dark A.D. numerous high-fives.

Mechanically Separated, 2 Lamplighter Lane, Vero Beach, FL 32960; http://welcome.to/darkangeldivine


Recently on Ink 19...

B.B. King

B.B. King

Music Reviews

In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival ( Deep Digs). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Tomie

Tomie

Screen Reviews

The first film based on Junji Ito’s manga, Tomie, makes its US Blu-ray debut from Arrow Video.

J-Horror Rising

J-Horror Rising

Screen Reviews

J-Horror Rising, a curated collection from the late ’90s and early 2000s, spotlights three lesser-known gems from the influential J-Horror movement. Phil Bailey reviews Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman, St. John’s Wort, and Inugami.