There are other proposals sui generis in the metal world. One of them is undoubtedly the so-called “cinematographic metal” of the Finns Dark Sarah, who in each production strive to give a conceptual album that tells a fantastic story accompanied by metal symphonic compositions. This time we will prepare popcorn in hand to listen to his fourth job "Grim", Which will be released on July 17 via Napalm records. This time Dark Sarah tells the story of "Luna", the protagonist of this narration described by its creators as a modern horror work. After a brief intro where the main character is presented, we entered fully with "The Chosen One", Which with a powerful but very pleasant rhythm starts the track with the beautiful vocalization of Heidi Parviainen the same in the almost operatic notes as in those melodious and rhythmic. "Illuminate"It is a little less complex than its predecessor, with a very vibe in the style of bands like Xandria; but with more presence of synthesizer effects: a song that since you listen to it you know was built to be released as a single. The strumming guitars of "Melancholia" they seek to make a difference in an album that begins to seem like all the songs are too similar, which at the moment fortunately breaks with the ballad "Iceheart“.
The mysterious sounds of "La Folie Verte" Perhaps the coming of something darker is coming, the twist that a horror story must transmit, although in general the composition remains in the end very similar to what was previously heard: that album lacks something that makes you say: “We are back, what a good track! . “The Wolf and the Maiden ” has as a guest JP Leppäluoto (Harmaja) in the role of the wolf, and it is a theme that sounds a lot like what he does now Tarja Turunen in his role as soloist. "The Hex" It is strong but a little repetitive in structure, while "All Ears!" It is perhaps one of the songs that manage to offer something different from the linear tune of the album and is in fact a good selection as a promotional single. "The Devil's Peak"Puts a stop with its most epic rhythm to the continuous metric that the album has offered, so that later with"Mörk ” we are presented with what is probably the best track of the album: heavy, powerful and with the presence of the voice of Jasse Jatala, second place in the reality show "The voice of Finland" in its 2018 edition. The album closes with "The Dark Throne“, A slow melody but with good intonation that in effect serves to give a melodious finish to the work.
In conclusion: it is appreciated that there are bands like Dark Sarah, in the sense of wanting to do conceptual works that encompass a complete story and seek to tell fantastic, fairy or horror stories through their music, which seems more complex than it is. However, at least in this work it is clear that they have to work more in not falling into the sin of many bands of the genre of sounding the same in all their songs, because even admiring the same movie for a long time, however beautiful it is, ends up tiring .
