The first two albums 12212010 and 5125 are in their style very similar. Both are based on simplified melodious but very heavy guitar riffs, supported by a non-stopping drums in the background. Sometimes, like in the song Silence is Surrender they add a synthesizer, adding a minimalistic overtone, creating a ghostly atmosphere in phases where the music gets a settled character, taking a pause from the rush but still emitting an afterglow. Dying Sun composes their songs by focusing on its limits. The songs start doomed, lost in the wasteland, following into a more melodic form, gently or brutally introducing the vocalist. It is a search for the climactic scene, slowing down towards the end and disappearing like a decaying current.
Transcendence, their newest oeuvre, has just been released in January 2014. The band fiddled around with their style and their experience they have already collected in their first two albums. All in all the music got slower, got a stronger Black Metallic aspect and they added more melodies. The high pitched vocal got a more melodic character, giving it more form and a higher complexity. It gained a deeper characteristic out of it. Also, it seems like they know better where their music is leading, what they can accomplish with their style. The songs constructions are more focused, earmarking the climax.
The sound of Dying Sun is very charismatic and they have their very own style. Their music is ambivalent and therefore it feels genuine. The conflicting nature of the vocalist fits the minimalistic ground, on which the sound sprouts.
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Words: Luis Luethi