Dark,dark and darker flame2/22/2024 Nostalgic elements aside, there’s a definite formula to the songs that’s more contemporary. The opening riff to “Thin Be the Veil” pounds in with that low-register, repetitive chug that the kids loved back in the mid-90s and apparently still love. Well, not exactly nu-metal but more like mid-2000s In Flames trying to be nu-metal, nu-metal. The first thing I noticed is that cyber metal sounds a lot like nu-metal. Was I about to enter a new world of advanced metal – one that our forefathers who toiled with Marshall stacks and sweaty leather pants could never have envisioned? Or, was this just another “chip” off the same olde block? I gently peeled the file from the bin, scraped away the burrito wrapper stuck to it, and placed it in my computer. A quick scan of the liner notes further whetted my curiosity with mention of “a fierce display of ludicrously heavy guitars.” Since I love anything that’s ludicrous (except for the guy who’s actually named Ludacris) and I love heavy guitar, it seemed like I had found a golden nugget in a sea of turds. I had never heard of this band (billed as cyber metal) before but maybe they were all robots or some sick shit like that. What is cyber metal? That’s the question that I got stuck on as I was snorkeling through the dregs of the promo bin and came across A Dark Halo’s sophomore album, Omnibus One.
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