It’s unfortunate that melodic death metallers The Duskfall were never able to truly find their sound until they’d decided to call it quits as a unit and release one last hurrah under their former banner. The band’s first three releases found them repeating stagnant melodic death formulas - in a rather uninspired manner – seemingly churning out repetitive tunes for the sake of getting paid to make metal. With each release, there seemed to be a sense of growth, be it generally small and somewhat unnoticeable; though they couldn’t shake the archaic sounds of their melo-death forefathers, there seemed to be a growing sense that they at least had to try. With the band’s final outing, 2007’s The Dying Wonders of the World, there was a much more forceful attempt at change. The general architecture of that Gothenburg sound was still there, but now there at least seemed to be a bit of a personal touch added from the band. Even if the touch wasn’t all that personal, the members of The Duskfall had at least finally learned to embrace the sound, to shape it into something that fit them more comfortably.
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