365 Days of Metal: The Lady Doth Protest Too Much

Day 20

Dååth - The Concealers

Band Origin: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Genre: Industrial / Death Metal
Label: Century Media
Running Time: 42 minutes
Release Date: April 21, 2009

Best Part: Werstler solo #1-infinity

Favorite Tracks: The Worthless, Translucent Potency, and Day of Endless Light

Grade: 3.5

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The Concealers in 20 words or less:

Industrialized Virtuosic Death Metal - is that a genre?

The Band:

Dååth, also known as Dirt Nap, is a band out of Atlanta that combines elements from a number of genres, including Thrash, Death Metal and Industrial, and weave them together into tracks that are as hard as they are at times bizarre. Founder and guitarists/keyboardist Eyal Levi provides the compositional charge of the band along with lead guitarist Emil Werstler who's work has some virtuosic flair to it. The pair also released an instrumental album, Avalanche of Worms, under Levi/Werstler, featuring the drum work of Sean Reinert of Cynic, who is also known for his drum work on Death's highly influential album Human.

Dååth's other releases include: Futility (2004), The Hinderers (2007), and Dååth (2010)

Jay's Take on The Concealers:

Out of the three records released following Dååth's debut album, each has been slightly different. Their most recent self-titled album is more straight to the point death metal, hard and fast - with Werstler filling in the voids. Their second album was slightly more bizarre, leaning more towards their industrial side, with increased focus on synths and other elements. The Concealers, is the album with more flair, featuring Werstler's virtuosic talent at center stage across nearly half the record. The Concealers is also a more melodic album overall compared to the rest of their catalogue, with good shifts in pace, and some excellent grooves. While clinging less to their industrial elements, this record features Dååth at a stage where they are improving on their overall technicality, with solid guitar work and drumming throughout. Sean Zatorsky, Dååth's newest vocalist also got his debut on The Concealers, providing a good performance, which fortunately carried over onto their most recent album.

Sample of the Day:



- J