Destinity – Ascension

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• Band:
  Destinity
• Duration: 00:41:25
• Available from: 11/04/2025
• Label:

• Crimson Productions

Summary of the previous episodes: the Destinities are a French band active at the beginning of the third millennium and initially dedicated to a Symphonic Black Metal, only to then turn towards a Swedish Melodic Thrash-Death-Death, in the wake of what has been heard at the time by the various Sailwork and Darkane. After an initial compositional bulimia-with eight full-length released between 1999 and 2012-the Lyon band took a long break, returning four years ago with “In continuum”, which now follows this “Ascension”.
As in other similar cases – from the Germans Night in Gales to the Danes Withering Surface, passing through our disharmony Mundi – this return to the scenes will not send the algorithms of the streaming platforms on turns, but it is certainly welcome to the old fans, also given the found freshness of the songwits, in the specific case definitely close to the last Dark Tranquility.
The initial brace formed by “Light Up Your Sky” and “Dying Light” represents an excellent business card, thanks to the union of the classic guitar turns made in Gothenburg with the melodic punctuation of the keyboardist Florent Barberi (returned in formation after over twenty years), to the point that he would have done well on “Endtime Signals” (last disc of Stanne and Soci); In the same way, the “Final Fiction”, “Silver Shades” and “The Wolf Within” keyboard Tua-tastierate always remains on the coordinates of the Swedish band, however moving towards the most dated “fiction” and “Character”.
In this retrospective so close to that 'dark tranquility', the dystonic element is represented by the most theatrical “Children of the Sun”, not surprisingly made together with Steva Deathless of our deathless Legacy, while for the rest, everything, starting from the timbre of the singer Mick Caesare, sets himself in the wake of one of the most representative bands of the Swedish mel-death, from whose archives are taken by Riff and Arrans.
Nothing bad in all this, as long as the result combines the rhythmic power of “The Wolf Within” with the melancholy touch of “in Thorns”: given the average quality of the compositions, which can be combined precisely to that of the most inspired Dark Tranquility of the last twenty years, “ascension” is a pleasant spot for enthusiasts of these sounds, as long as you are willing to close an eye – or better. ear – on the theme of originality.

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