Portugal’s Dark Oath describe themselves as Saurium Metal, which I’m guessing is somewhat related with Sauron, the dark lord of Tolkien’s epic novel “Lord of the Rings”, yet I could be wrong. Nevertheless, whatever Dark Oath decided to tag their sonority, it sounds flat and generic, without a whole lot to garner a tiny bit of enthusiasm.
Their first recording “Under a Blackened Sky” sees Dark Oath melding a melodic death-metal sound with some black-metal elements and is nothing but a middling demonstration of young act giving their first steps in music, way too embryonic to make a good impression.
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