Dying Man – Dark Night of the Soul

Dying Man
Dark Night of the Soul
1998 100 Loud Records
Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA

Terry “Hollywood” Harbison – Vocals
Joe “Super Groove” Allen – Guitars
John “Give Me Some Feedback” Fields – Bass
Barry “The Wild Man” French – Drums

1. Desperate Man
2. Undertow
3. Dr. Frankenstein
4. Struggle
5. Ode to Epiphany
6. Never Again
7. Crawl
8. Arise and Walk

This one is a bit hard to pin down style-wise, but that is probably because of the era it was created in. By the late 90s, thrash and speed metal bands were struggling with identity in a changing music landscape, most famously captured in Metallica’s Load and Reload albums. Other bands like Testament stayed truer to metal roots longer, and that is what this reminds me of. A thrash band that went a little modern and a little power metal. But it still feels like it leans a lot towards thrash. You also hear slight nods to grunge and even nu metal like Godfear here and there. But a lot more cohesive in style than I am making it sound.