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"Doors to Silence" is the 2nd full-length studio album by Serbian death metal act Jane Dark. The album was independently released in July 2014 through the band´s Bandcamp profile at a "name your price" option. Jane Dark was founded in 2000, switched name to Mortus Causa in 2004, but later changed back to the Jane Dark monicker. The material featured on "Doors to Silence" were predominantly written during the 2003-2005 period, and recorded between 2010 and 2013.
Stylistically the music on the album is a bit hard to nail, but there are quite a few influences from "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious (1991)"-era Carcass heard in the music. Especially in the way the vocals sound. Jeff Walker has definitely not lived in vain. The more you listen to the album, the less it sounds like Carcass though, and there are quite a few surprises to be found on "Doors to Silence". Mellow clean guitar sections, melodic solos, keyboards, and a generally adventurous way of thinking music, are some of the elements that set Jane Dark apart from other similar artists.
While the core of the band´s sound is old school sounding death metal, there are influences from both thrash, traditional heavy metal, goth, and progressive rock on the album too. The band are relatively well playing and the album features a decent sound production too (the bass drums feature a clicky sound that doesn´t suit the music that well though), so all in all "Doors to Silence" is a pretty interesting release by Jane Dark. I´m not completely blown away, but it´s relatively intriguing and at times even close to being original. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is deserved.