Dark Masterpiece

Greek dark metallers INACTIVE MESSIAH come back to life, after 6 years of inactivity, delivering their third full length album, as a follow-up to the highly successful “Sinful Nation” (Holy Records, 2008). “Dark Masterpiece” delivers a powerful combination of symphonic, electronic and atmospheric metal elements (even acoustic guitars are featured), resulting in a modern metal release that derives from the glorious 90’s but yet sounds up-to-date and fresh as never before. The rhythmic groove and song structures of Paradise Lost and Sentenced blend with the industrial feeling of Marilyn Manson and Rammstein, and gets blackened by an overall gloomy atmosphere, as brought to you by black metal innovators The Kovenant and Samael. Guitar leads seem influenced by Septic Flesh or even “Elegy”-era Amorphis while vocals vary from in-your-face brutal growls to low-register minimal melodies that bring in mind everything from Anathema’s Vincent Cavanagh to a twisted version of Sisters of Mercy emblematic frontman, Andrew Eldritch. The powerful production of Fotis Benardo (ex-Septic Flesh) gives the extra touch needed for the long-awaited come-back of INACTIVE MESSIAH, who seem to have returned for good.