Lately, the band released an official music video entitled ‘Nation of Dogs’ which you are currently reading its review!

In general, the music video expressed whole Dark Phantom members standing at a place while performing the track.
The location the band chose is somehow close to an empty building without any characteristics, maybe the band wanted to express the condition that Iraq lives now.

In general, ‘Nation of Dogs’ musically is very good, nice melodic notes, good harmony, and good production process.

But, the music video carries many mistakes. Firstly, the idea of the track is not creative enough, this idea has been repeated a lot among hundreds of bands around the world.

Secondly, the performance of the vocalist was somehow annoying and a bit over dramatic, which I wasn’t really fond of, specially he wanted to reflect somehow a crazy dynamic performance which was not suitable for the appearance of the vocalist.

Thirdly, there is a fatal mistake in mixing the shots of the video, in the middle of the video, you can feel camera cuts between the scenes. Or maybe that was intentional? Was it?

I understand, band as Dark Phantom may suffer from technical mistakes due to the status of Iraq and its current Metal scene. However, we wish them all the best in the upcoming steps.

FYI, Dark Phantom are asking for your support to make a tour in Syria, for more information, click here

Watch the video here and let us know what do you think.

I only listened to one of their songs, which I’ll review here so I can’t really give a general opinion, but overall these guys are satisfying but they didn’t exactly blow me away.

Their music was okay but it didn’t bring anything new to the table, the formula has been played before: A heavy death metal riff, growling vocals, and a really good solo. They also added a few clean vocal lines here and there which I really liked. The clean vocals have a System of a Down vibe to them; maybe it’s the accent? I’m not sure but I liked them either way.

The guitars could’ve sounded better but this is just a mixing/mastering issue not the guitarists’ fault. However, I loved their solo. Their drum tones were pretty decent as well however the mastering on the whole track could’ve been better, for example the vocals are way louder than the instruments, but surprisingly enough I could often hear the bass guitar.

Overall? They show potential but need to work on their mastering skills and riffing a bit. Their album named Nation of Dogs was released on May 6th 2016 and I recommend that you check it out if you like straight up Death Metal that’s slightly influenced by Middle Eastern music.

Edited by: Bishoy Nader

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