Darker Than Silence is the 6th studio album by the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

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The Awakening (band)

The Awakening is an alternative rock band from Johannesburg, South Africa, formed in 1995 by vocalist, guitarist and producer Ashton Nyte. The band is credited in the press as "South Africa's most successful Gothic Rock act and one of the top bands in the far broader Alternative scene." The band...

, released in 2004.

Recording

In 2004 The Awakening began to work on its most ambitious album by far, titled as Darker Than Silence, with lyrical themes about devastation and medication. The album is characterized by "riffing guitars, metronomic synth drums, industrial rhythms, alternately eerie and delicate keyboards, and that enthralling guttural voice." Songs such as "One More Crucifixion", "Angelyn", and "The Needle and The Gun" achieved a positive reception world wide, and notable success on South African, United States, and German Charts. Nils van der Linden of iafrica.com gave the album 4 out of 5 and wrote that "Darker Than Silence is easily the most fully realised album from The Awakening" and that "Nyte hasn’t lost his ability to write melodies that are both beautiful and instantly memorable. Just listen to the delicate keyboard parts beneath the wall of guitars on "Angelyn" — easily the band’s most spellbinding love song since "Maree"."

Track listing

All songs written by Ashton Nyte

Ashton Nyte

Ashton Nyte is a South African born singer, songwriter, producer, composer and front man of the South African alternative rock band The Awakening. Nyte has released five solo albums both as Ashton Nyte and Ashton Nyte and the Accused in addition to his numerous releases as The Awakening...

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1. "Death Says Yes"
2. "One More Crucifixion"
3. "The Needle and the Gun"
4. "Frozen Icon"
5. "Gospel Song"
6. "The Man Who Wasn't There"
7. "Angelyn"
8. "Armageddon Style"
9. "Deprivation (part 1)"
10. "Self"
11. "The Chosen"
12. "Animal"
13. "Page 3"
14. "Faith Falling?"
15. "Traffic"