The Dark - Demons 7" (2018)

Debut vinyl release from this Los Angeles-based hardcore punk band. The Dark released 2 demo cassettes that received a lot of praise via word of mouth, but remained fairly obscure and hard to find because of the band's lack of internet presence. I personally thought a proper vinyl release was overdue, and interestingly, the insert says these 4 songs were recorded back in 2016. Well, it was worth the wait. The Dark seem heavily influenced by mid-80s Japanese punk, where they straddle raw punk sounds of Execute or Deadless Muss and incorporate glam-influenced, chugga chugga guitar stylings a la Randy Uchida. The main quality I deduced from the lo-fi sound of The Dark's previous tapes was an eerie, ominous atmosphere. With a punchier, clearer recording on this 7", The Dark still manage to maintain a sense of....well "dark". Particularly the vocals, which are sung in English, sound a lot like early Japanese punk and because of the heavy effects, really provide a creepy, desperate emotion over the powerful riffs behind them. This kills.
Audio from this video was ripped from my personal copy of the 7".
0:00 Numb
1:51 Demons
4:38 Dragged To Hell
6:55 Nightmare
To grab a physical copy of this record and support the band, go here: darkerrecords.bigcartel.com/pr...

[@joelpocalips]

First track sounds like he's eating something really really good into a mic with Reverb and delay

[@douglaspeligroso5193]

Hahahahahahaha

[@outliarpunx8568]

whoaaaaa......there was this bit in my brains that made me look longer at the picture and made me listen thru it. wow. the distance of sound and image gives me chills.

[@JaHzon82]

Met the singer when they opened up for Riistetyt in DTLA. Cool ass cat. Dope ass band.

[@frankyilmaz9972]

Jason Caceres different singer now sounds the same tho

[@anfrankogezamartincic1161]

This makes me FEEL like it's 1984 again, i'm reading MAXIMUM ROCK & ROLL and ordering tapes and 7" by mail

[@theflamingone8729]

pirate tapes

[@haterate3641]

the cover art is amazing

[@henryrivera4255]

Art work done by the talented Guillermo Millan

[@daftmarzo]

This is some really refreshing hardcore punk!

[@3e593]

Oh hells yeah

[@nervoussystem5871]

Don't get much better than this.

[@tharkanzox1493]

Saw these guys last night. They were great and some of the blazing eye cats were in the crowd stirring shit up- great band

[@shitonyouification]

Sounds great, remember Irvin hooking us up when we came to tour with absolut.

[@jeffmartin2060]

Just stumbled on this. Fukin rips!!!!

[@arsenblack7792]

I love it !!

[@tadpolerecords]

great EP

[@thisissoicantroll]

Oh hell ya

[@lossangeless6537]

This shit gave me chills😈😈

[@suusmendacium4691]

Sweet tune.

[@DrDevilish1]

so delish

[@vv-yz3qu]

gonna see these guys tonight super stoked

[@JazDickinson1]

Do you have any contact page or something? I need this

[@vv-yz3qu]

@@JazDickinson1 id say the best way to find flyers for the shows is on facebook or even instagram the locations are hard to get to sometimes but its always a good gig when they play plus some other really good bands tend to show up for the line up as well

[@JazDickinson1]

@@vv-yz3qu i was exploring Instagram and maybe i'm lost i can't found a members or the band 😫

[@vv-yz3qu]

@@JazDickinson1 no worries just go on instagram and follow phyrexianpunx lots of flyers on there

[@lossangeless6537]

@@JazDickinson1 theyre playing tomorrow in Downtown LA. Check @medasasko on Instagram for flyer

[@kaosmanaos]

Muy bueno!

[@NoDeal]

thought this band called it quits, cool to see that was false! sounds awesome

[@lossangeless6537]

No Deal the Devil never stops

[@timostrom5710]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2WxqoBsbdmNqqs so it's not this "the dark," but a different "the dark" entirely? or is it the same dudes? i like em' both...

[@NoDeal]

yeah the band in that link is a different one man!

[@Xmen9735]

same band just new singer

[@sofianeri1873]

@@Xmen9735 who is the singer?

[@24tnuhknaks]

So fucking siiick!!!

[@user-qd1ih4wv3k]

Punk satânico

[@walterandrade43]

muito bom

[@analuazoe5205]

🖤🖤🖤

[@donaldglendarling9313]

mikey likes it

[@liu773]

remembers me to amebix

[@Anarcho-SyndicalisticSaboteur]

Fucking amazing shit!

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

Anyone know some other bands that use reverb like this on vocals? I know a lot of Japanese punk bands that do it. It sounds fucking sick

[@conjoinedxtwin]

They’re from LA? How have I been going to shows in LA for years and never seen them on a show?

[@leandroleon348]

Se parece mucho a The Ace of spades...

[@jodybanks5344]

Dark ninjas would’ve been a cool name too

[@UUNITEE]

OM SAI RAM SHIVAYA

[@why-why-whywhywhy]

This is real good shit, but c’mon let’s be honest. It virtually has *nothin’* on those Japanese bands you mentioned.

[@JaHzon82]

Tee Dee I think they're referring to the bands influence on style and sound. Dope ass band nonetheless. Cheers

[@why-why-whywhywhy]

Jason Caceres - Well now that you put it that way, true that. ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[@UltraAntiEverything]

Oh great, spend half this morning googling for this record. I officially hate that band name!

[@histatimaniples]

Terrible