Dark Century Books A Room At The Murder Motel

Today, April 18th, Montreal’s Dark Century launched their sophomore album, Murder Motel, into the public consciousness. Blending thrash metal, death metal, and I’m going to say deathcore (because I don’t fully agree with the “hardcore” sound some have mentioned), Dark Century brings a fresh energy to their brand of heavy metal.

For such a young band, their approach to songwriting and their sound is mature while still being raw. Honestly, when I went to their bandcamp page to stream the album, the first song that queued up was the mid-album track “Kill the Crowd,” and it left me feeling lukewarm. Watch the “Kill the Crowd” video in the player above. There was a hooky riff here and there, but overall I was less than impressed. But, I let the album play, even if I had hovered my mouse over the “close tab” button. I’m thankful I didn’t click and listened instead. The tracks got progressively better, so I went to the beginning of the album and continued to be impressed.

Murder Motel is the follow-up album to Dark Century’s 2009 debut, Days of the Mosh.

This is definitely an album you should check out. You can stream it at: darkcentury.bandcamp.com

Murder Motel Track Listing:

1 – In Our Veins
2 – Murder Motel
3 – Torticolis
4 – Ice Breaker
5 – Kill The Crowd
6 – Dead Birds
7 – Trio du Bûcheron
8 – Cholestérol
9 – Chloroforme
10 – Mosh Test Dummies
11 – Gore On My Snare

Rock Hard \m/