This was so special. It's hard to describe the vibe it had. Anyway it's awesome that this can survive on youtube. I'd be happy to be transported back to the 2000's to relive music like this when it was new.
Darkwell was an incredible band at the edge of its time in music. Stephanie Luzie's voice is so perfect too, it really gave this band its character besides for the dark and downbeat rhythms. It was niche and I wouldn't expect everyone to appreciate it.
They had a different vocalist for their first album and a follow-up EP, who had a very distinct and more fragile-sounding voice that seemed to go really well with the band's mellow brand of heavy music... they built up a small fanbase from word-of-mouth based on the strength of that formula, and then the original vocalist left. The vocalist that replaced he, performing in this video, is, I think, much stronger and more dynamic on stage, but had the misfortune of having to join the band and replace an established crowd favorite for the band's second full album. This was at the height of the first wave of popularity for this style of music, with a lot of very strong bands out there delivering much the same product in much the same style, so it was easy for fans to turn on this album, and get their fix from more popular bands like Nightwish or The Gathering. It's really a shame, as looking back decades later, this vocalist really did a fine job, and this really wasn't a bad album or song, and it really didn't deserve the shunning the band got from its former fans or from the metal community in general.... Sadly, Darkwell pretty much disappeared after that album for a long time, until returning with their original vocalist for a new album last year. I rather enjoyed the band's entire discography, and like both vocalists... maybe a few years of perspective will help them recover from whatever unearned ill-will they got for this album back in the '90s or early 2000's, resulting in all those thumbs-down!
I think it's her vocals that keep drawing me back to this song, without it it would be fairly forgettable. She makes it something else entirely. I did buy the Metatron album some time back, nothing on it came close to this.
that moment when you go on a game like world of warcraft, give a name to a character and when people tell you you've just named your character after an awsome band...i became a fan ^^
I recommend listening to their other songs, like the Two Souls Creature trilogy, Realm of Darkness, or The Crucible. This one is not necessarily their best, although I will admit that I am fond of it.
Been listening to this band for well over a decade now, always LOVED them!! Her vocals are have such a beautiful operatic, ether feel. And the band is just good old doom oriented metal, very organic, no overproduction happening at all, which is great. In todays world Id rather hear less production than sterile over produced. And yes of course she is stunningly attractive. I only wish I could hear more from them over the years!! So many great female fronted metal band over in Europe!!!
I listen to Anthem a Japanese band I don't have a clue what they are saying. Black Thorn is Russian, I couldn't tell you what they are singing about. Music is universal and if are good people people will listen. You said you write music and so do I, but if it sucks no one will listen.
Pretty good debut from the singer. She gets better on Atargatis lineup later on. No good for the standard tight leatherpants & male growls metal fan I assume?
@volcytigerteers If these guys were ripping off After Forever then they're failing horribly. This is good, not great but good. AF is amazing, beyond great. Also look at wikipedia or metal archives, these guys formed only a few years after Nightwish but still BEFORE Nightwish became mainstream. So these guys might not have necessarily been ripping them off either...
well, personally i dont really like it. But Hey, u have to respect every bit of music, cause a lot of passion and work is in it, so they got my Respekt.
@SirChocoprince watch tv from time to time..compared to most of what's on lately this is actually epic :-j (and that's disturbing) and about the song itself ..meeh'...nothing special but not bad either
The song isn't bad. But I'm surprised Napalm released something so poorly produced and mastered... And the singer isn't that bad either. Her voice has Sandra Schleret sound to it.
Listen, this isn't horrible. it shows that you have talent, a lot of it. but i say get some more practice working together and try to write some better material. this stuff seems so... idk it just seems very amateurish to me. Not for the video, but that even the sound of the song seems like a demo to me. Keep it up, i do appreciate real music coming to the scene!
Well, apparently music is not their strong side. Hopefully at least the girl looks good so they sell an album or two. I can't really tell if she's ok - the video is way too bad to see.
How can anyone compare this to NW? Just because there is a female vocal, that doesn't mean that they are a NW clone. Anyway, I'm also sorry to say this, but this piece of work is way behind anything NW had ever done. I don't know about AF. I'm not that well acquainted with their discography.
odd thing 2 requst. ure usein english now. true but depends on if they can evn sould right in thier own toung cuz same language aint hot. latin is though. b well
So much hate because of an amount of heavyness. Look, the guitar strength doesn't change the skill this group has, nor does it change the fact that Allmusic gave the album an outstanding 4 and a half out of five, a rare rating from a critic with high-expectations. The music is great, just not your kind of great.
So many haters. Deviod of life. They wish that were born female. So they spend their time trying bash gothic music and the women that excel in it. Go to your sisters closet, doll up and dance to George Micheal, Elton John, Ricky Martin and Justin Beaver. Stay where you belong. Not in metal world.. LOL
This was so special. It's hard to describe the vibe it had. Anyway it's awesome that this can survive on youtube. I'd be happy to be transported back to the 2000's to relive music like this when it was new.
Amazing :) never heard of this band, I've been searching for gothic female vocal bands.
Love the rifts, her voice is epic.
From the first time I heard it (in 2007) it's a song to hear it again and again. Good band definitely.
Has been like 15 years, and i still love Stephanie.
why so many negatives? this is sexy & Cool!
what poor criteria to appreciate music
Darkwell was an incredible band at the edge of its time in music. Stephanie Luzie's voice is so perfect too, it really gave this band its character besides for the dark and downbeat rhythms. It was niche and I wouldn't expect everyone to appreciate it.
Still sounding good in 2022 !
Super CD schon tausendmal rauf und runter gehört...immer noch Klasse.
Why so much dislikes? They are nice. Sounds so much 90's, I like it.
I think it's the flashing/edits. Just a guess though.
They had a different vocalist for their first album and a follow-up EP, who had a very distinct and more fragile-sounding voice that seemed to go really well with the band's mellow brand of heavy music... they built up a small fanbase from word-of-mouth based on the strength of that formula, and then the original vocalist left.
The vocalist that replaced he, performing in this video, is, I think, much stronger and more dynamic on stage, but had the misfortune of having to join the band and replace an established crowd favorite for the band's second full album.
This was at the height of the first wave of popularity for this style of music, with a lot of very strong bands out there delivering much the same product in much the same style, so it was easy for fans to turn on this album, and get their fix from more popular bands like Nightwish or The Gathering.
It's really a shame, as looking back decades later, this vocalist really did a fine job, and this really wasn't a bad album or song, and it really didn't deserve the shunning the band got from its former fans or from the metal community in general....
Sadly, Darkwell pretty much disappeared after that album for a long time, until returning with their original vocalist for a new album last year. I rather enjoyed the band's entire discography, and like both vocalists... maybe a few years of perspective will help them recover from whatever unearned ill-will they got for this album back in the '90s or early 2000's, resulting in all those thumbs-down!
Found out about this band this morning. Absolutely phenomenal
I think it's her vocals that keep drawing me back to this song, without it it would be fairly forgettable. She makes it something else entirely.
I did buy the Metatron album some time back, nothing on it came close to this.
This album came out awhile ago. Listen to her on Atargatis albums and she's very good.
Actually she's great.
This is the best Female vocal for metal I've heard so far.
that moment when you go on a game like world of warcraft, give a name to a character and when people tell you you've just named your character after an awsome band...i became a fan ^^
This song has something really special, idk probably her voice
❤
that moment when you see a band on youtube and the guitarrist owns a bar where you used to go
O melhor vocal do DARKWELL até hoje
MI NOVIA JAQUELINE 18 AÑOS Y RAYMUNDO 16 AÑOS EN 1994-1995!!
OLD SCHOOL!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘
Pure beauty emanating from every note.
So many negative opinions, UGH!
As for me, I'm appreciating all of this video, please keep it up.
Everybody in the band is playing and doing the video 1000x better than I could. They are not bad at all.
I recommend listening to their other songs, like the Two Souls Creature trilogy, Realm of Darkness, or The Crucible. This one is not necessarily their best, although I will admit that I am fond of it.
Been listening to this band for well over a decade now, always LOVED them!! Her vocals are have such a beautiful operatic, ether feel. And the band is just good old doom oriented metal, very organic, no overproduction happening at all, which is great. In todays world Id rather hear less production than sterile over produced. And yes of course she is stunningly attractive. I only wish I could hear more from them over the years!! So many great female fronted metal band over in Europe!!!
I like the sound in this group.
How can anyone not like this song?
si es buena la cancion merecen ser mas conocidos
Genial!! Excelente actitud y excelente voz Stephanie :D
Eu em 2024 lembrando da minha adolescência 😂😂
I love it, the band the music, the whole package. She is thermal. I wish I knew her. Love and admiration from America.
very rare, but I like it. greetings from ARGENTINA!
2021 anyone?
😌💖👌🙋♂️ FROM BRAZIL 🥰
2022 and been a fan since near the release
Yes..she is Atargatis singer Stephanie Luzie
Nice voice ... i like this band !
love it
dang ... when i watch that singer.. i have a tiger wood feeling that growth inside me...
MrButchBouchard What? lol
30 /03/2020 y sigo escuchando esta obra maestra
i shall neither 'like' nor 'dislike' this is my judgement
If you like music in different languages I recommend Midnattsol, Elis and Coronatus. Pretty good female-fronted bands.
Why 200 Dislikes? Are you stupid !? Over 15 years old Song, but still great! The Drummer wears a old MNEMIC - Shirt :). I had the same.
Now I see at what point this song is catastrophic
Y OBVIAMENTE SU VOZ!!😁😁😁😁😎😎😎😎🤘🤘🤘🤘
She reminds me Simone Simons from Epica by the way did you change the singer
Caraca essa vozinha
I listen to Anthem a Japanese band I don't have a clue what they are saying. Black Thorn is Russian, I couldn't tell you what they are singing about. Music is universal and if are good people people will listen. You said you write music and so do I, but if it sucks no one will listen.
COMO ME ENCANTA ESTA MUJER!!!😁😁😁😁😎😎😎😎😎🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Pretty good debut from the singer. She gets better on Atargatis lineup later on.
No good for the standard tight leatherpants & male growls metal fan I assume?
Sweet voice.
sooo good..also guys u should look up inRed Serpents Hold n watch the video "The most epic/heroic song on youtube!"
She sounds like Kate Bush.
This is old. I got this on a cover CD back in about 2004
well thank god I don't have epilepsy
😌💖👌
Is that the female vocalist from epica?
If that was Simone Simmons, the song would probably actually be good...... .
Are they even still together? I think their last release was in 2004. If so it's a shame
so fuuuucking gooooood like it
wooh..
@volcytigerteers If these guys were ripping off After Forever then they're failing horribly.
This is good, not great but good.
AF is amazing, beyond great.
Also look at wikipedia or metal archives, these guys formed only a few years after Nightwish but still BEFORE Nightwish became mainstream. So these guys might not have necessarily been ripping them off either...
well, personally i dont really like it.
But Hey, u have to respect every bit of music, cause a lot of passion and work is in it, so they got my Respekt.
@SirChocoprince
watch tv from time to time..compared to most of what's on lately this is actually epic :-j (and that's disturbing)
and about the song itself ..meeh'...nothing special but not bad either
How did they get signed to Napalm Records...christ...
It's like listening to demos of Epica, or hear the worst songs of the band that once did not see the light at the time.
The song isn't that great to me, she does have a good voice. The video would be better if the green light stripe thing wasn't present
lmao
wow hot female singer \m/
me too
The song isn't bad. But I'm surprised Napalm released something so poorly produced and mastered... And the singer isn't that bad either. Her voice has Sandra Schleret sound to it.
Epica é chato demais. Darkwell é muito melhor!
Alexandra was where it was at
This is the same person....
@DamnedDrusilla Well Now you know :)
Like 2018
It's not bad...it's just....not good.
OH cmon! Its not THAT bad....
Listen, this isn't horrible. it shows that you have talent, a lot of it. but i say get some more practice working together and try to write some better material. this stuff seems so... idk it just seems very amateurish to me. Not for the video, but that even the sound of the song seems like a demo to me. Keep it up, i do appreciate real music coming to the scene!
Ouch.
let me go, to this world;;
eu tenho um cd desses puto mano
tiene un tono de voz parecido a una cantante de Tex-Mex... (D.E.P) Selena :(
nada que ver por ejemplo con la canción Suspiria U_U
Well, apparently music is not their strong side. Hopefully at least the girl looks good so they sell an album or two. I can't really tell if she's ok - the video is way too bad to see.
How can anyone compare this to NW?
Just because there is a female vocal, that doesn't mean that they are a NW clone.
Anyway, I'm also sorry to say this, but this piece of work is way behind anything NW had ever done.
I don't know about AF. I'm not that well acquainted with their discography.
dude playing Guitar looks like Samoa Joe with long hair
sorry, I mean the bassist.
Oh this is soo boring!
Markus, warum nimmst du solche Bands unter Vertrag?
Let the video be generic and let them lyrics be bland, it is still a damn fucking masterpiece.
odd thing 2 requst. ure usein english now. true but depends on if they can evn sould right in thier own toung cuz same language aint hot. latin is though. b well
So much hate because of an amount of heavyness. Look, the guitar strength doesn't change the skill this group has, nor does it change the fact that Allmusic gave the album an outstanding 4 and a half out of five, a rare rating from a critic with high-expectations. The music is great, just not your kind of great.
Tosco, but she's ok
Trouble is with long wavy flaming orange hair - you
e only going to be compared with one person arn't you? So she ain't got a chance really ...
You know the singer isn't that good when they master instruments heavily over it -lol-
bleah... is this a song???
la vocalista me recuerda a simmone simmone de epica muy buena cancion el mundo necesita mas mujeres asi menos lady gagas
@merykwalker LOL
No, it is bad, and it isn't good.
So many haters. Deviod of life. They wish that were born female. So they spend their time trying bash gothic music and the women that excel in it. Go to your sisters closet, doll up and dance to George Micheal, Elton John, Ricky Martin and Justin Beaver. Stay where you belong. Not in metal world.. LOL
this should be prohibited
sanctus faex! totally scrap!
Wtf!
thums up for the hot goth chick.. thumbs down for the rest...
Music is okay, but vocal break it all...
A música é tão ruim que é muito boa
Gênio você hein kkkkk
Не комментарий, а шедевр)))
the drummer looks like he's glad he can't hear her voice over the drums... her voice definitely does NOT fit the music...
They're sloppy, and her voice is pretty weak. They just seem to be kind of a mess, really.