"Dark Suns is a prog-metal band from Germany. They showed some very nice work in their previous 3 albums.
But orange is something different.
Unlike the first 3 albums, this album is clearly prog-rock and not prog-metal. It's also their greatest album yet, in my opinion.
The whole album was recorded in "live in studio" technic, and thats probably one of the things that makes him so good.
Brass instruments,*insert space here*the 70's-like guitar sounds, the rock organ solos and the weird time signatures and the guitar give this album a very unique sound.
Lets go to a song-by-song review.
Toy- *backspace here, make sure to do that since all the others have that backspace*4/5
This song lives up to its name. The organ and brass make this song, it gives this song a very playful feel.
The song opens with a nice riff, that soon changes to a typical 70's riff.
After that opening, the song itself starts. Very progressive sound, created by weird time signature with guitar+bass+drums supporting the singing, while organ and brass instruments gives it a touch here and there.
Then the song goes quiet, with some nice guitar chords, and explodes into a beautiful rock organ riff which is supported by the guitar.
The song ends the same way it started, with that 70's guitar riff.
Very good song, and a great opener.
Eight Quiet Minutes-4/5
The brother of toy.
Much heavier sound than toy. The song starts with guitar sounds that goes into a nice prog riff.
After that a 70's riff, that supports the singing, and starts the first verse.
The thing that really makes this song is the rock organ, which adds a very beautiful line to the guitar.
After that, the song goes into a more quiet part.
After that, he song goes into the prog riff *rearrange it* and then another verse. The organ adds a lot of tension.
Another quiet part comes, more intense than the first one.
After that the song goes into a new section, a rockish one.
At the end of this section, the singer goes into a beautiful falsetto shouts. After that the song ends.
It's a really good song, and super progressive.
Elephant-4.5/5
Less playful *only one 'l'* than the two other songs.
The song starts with a very nice opening riff,*insert space here*and after that comes the main riff of the song+singing, which is really good.
After that there is the transition to the chorus, and the chorus itself.
The chorus of this song is pretty much epic. Very good guitar work combined with epic falsetto singing.
Main riff and singing comes again, and after that a short guitar solo, followed by the chorus.
The chorus continues to get more and more tense until it ends with the same riff that started the song.
Awesome song.
Diamond-4/5
Very good rock ballad.
It starts with a nice riff,*insert space here*and goes into the 1st verse.
After that starts the chorus,*insert space here*which is very nice and has an old feeling.
The 2nd verse is supported with a very nice clean guitar solo, and after that comes the chorus again.
The song ends with the same riff it started with.
Not Enough Fingers-3.5/5
5 minutes of the same quiet guitar line. A relexing song.
The lines are good, and supported by the organ and bass.
It's repetitiveness is what makes it the weakest point of the album.
Ghost-5/5
The second (and better) half of the album starts.
The song starts with an AWESOME organ+guitar riff, and then a loud-quiet-loud-quiet part.
Then it goes into the first verse. The verses are really nice and supported by the organ.
Then, the EPIC chorus comes. The singer sings:
"Your alien hand landed on my skin
we embraced each other tide and became one
is anybody there? are you in my dreams?
how will make that i fear?"
The chorus is just beautiful *only one 'l'*. And after that comes an epic guitar line supported by the music of the chorus.
Another loud-quiet part, this time with singing.
Then the 2nd verse comes, much louder than the first time.
After that comes again the amazing chorus and the guitar line after that, more tense than the first one.
Then comes a break. All the instruments stop playing, and suddenly from the silent, comes singing followed by a loud part.
The songs end with the same riff it started with.
Amazing song.
That Is Why They All Hate You in Hell-5/5
This song is just... mind blowing, but hard to swallow. My personal favorite from this album.
The song starts with the chorus, EPIC falsseto shouts of the singer, followed by cheotic support.
After that comes the first verse. Which is much quieter, but amazing.
After the first verse, comes the pre-chorus part. Which is, like the rest of the song, amazing and tense.
The chorus comes again, followed again by a verse.
After that comes a nice, simple but effective guitar solo, which ends the song.
The song ends with dissonances, which lead you to the next song, Vaspertine.
Vaspertine-5/5
The songs starts with guitar playing chord, and a piano giving a very dissonantic supporting.
A very dark opening.
Then comes the first verse. Which is quiet, dark, and relexing.
Then come a dark brass playing.
After that comes a surprisingly lightened chorus, with a hopeful feeling.
After that comes another verse with a much louder supporting this time.
And suddenly, comes a break.
A single guitar plays the chorus, and then all the other intruments join for another, hopeful chorus.
The song ends with a very low note, which gives this song a dark ending.
Scaleman-5/5
Best riffage in the album.
The album starts with an awesome riff, followed by another riff,*insert space here, please note, ALWAYS space after a comma*and then a brass melody.
After that, only the piano keeps playing into a surprisingly quiet verse compared to the riff at the start.
The verse is relexing and beautiful, supported by the piano.
Then comes the rock-ish chorus, which is very nice.
Another verse comes, this time a little more loud and without the supporting piano.
After that comes again the chorus, followed by the best riff in the album, a riff with weird time signature which is seriously epic, and ends the song.
Antipole-5/5
14 minutes song, longest in the album.
The song starts with a powerfull opening, that goes into a the 1st verse-pretty good riff+singing.
The opening is repeated once again followed by another verse.
After that, comes an EPIC part, with a beautiful melody of the singer.
After comes a wild rock organ solo which is really nice.
After that comes the chorus, which is just AMAZING. Super powerful.
After that, 3 minutes into the song, comes dissonantic guitar sounds, followed by sad organ playing. The songs builds up slowly while the organ keeps playing the sad melody.
This part is very relaxing. The tension slowly builds up, and explodes into a brass solo supported by the guitars and organ.
After that comes the music of the verse, and after that an EPIC saxophone solo, which is very dark and VERY tense.
Then comes the verse again, with some crazy organ and brass playing, and then it becomes just like the 1st verse.
After that comes another organ solo, and suddenly the songs stops, and explodes into the epic chorus.
After that a super dissonantic sound comes, followed by relaxing guitar playing that ends the song.
Maybe this song is very long, but it's so versatile that it doesn't get even close to boring.