Published: April 1, 2015

Orphans Of Dusk is a new gothic death/doom outfit with members residing in Australia and New Zealand and ‘Revenant’ is their first claim to fame. These guys are clearly no amateurs as the material sounds mature and well thought through. The songs on ‘Revenant’ are reminiscent of a whole slew of well-known bands such as My Dying Bride, Type O Negative, Katatonia and others. The use of both growls and gothic cleans keeps things reasonably varied and especially the clean ones bring Peter Steele to mind. The music itself is varied too, often alternating in speed and intensity. The use of synths (often of the church organ persuasion) is prominent and well done, but sometimes a bit too dominant, which detract from the oppressive character of the guitars. ‘Revenant’ is of course far from totally original, but the tracks are interesting and fluently written. Orphans Of Dusk are clearly talented and I expect a full length to offer more individuality. Doom adepts keep this name in the back of your head.