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Alan Ovington's Album Review - 31 October 2024

Thursday, 31 October 2024 00:00

By John Dash

The year started with a trip back in time for D-A-D with their 40th anniversary, and now they look into the future with their 13th album, "Speed of Darkness". They had written 40 songs since their last album and picked the best 14 for this new double album.

Frontman Jesper Binzer says, "I am totally stoked about this new collection of songs. I can’t wait for the fans to hear this album. It is so much D-A-D, and so much better."
 
Drummer Laust Sonne agrees. He says, "We have never played better than we do on this album. Our songwriting is on top notch, and this collection of songs is our strongest in many years. Sound and production-wise, we have cared deeply for every little detail. It has both power and finesse."

'Speed Of Darkness', was mastered by Jacob Hansen who has also worked with Volbeat, Amaranthe, and Powerwolf. Laust Sonne says, "Jacob Hansen is really good at producing drum sounds, and he has a recording room designed for drums. There are not a lot of studios like that left out there, as most of it is done on computers in peoples’ living rooms these days. It is hard for drummers like me, who hit hard and make a lot of cymbal noise, to find studio people trained for it, but Jacob is one of them. The more I let loose, the better I sounded, so that was really awesome."
 
Producer Nick Foss also thinks that this is the strongest pool of songs in a long time.

In support of their new release, D-A-D have kickstarted a major festival summer tour with 24 concerts. Following that, they will play 16 concerts in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany and Switzerland as well as a completely sold-out show in Royal Arena in Denmark in November.

* Alan Ovington's Rock Zone can be heard 7-9pm every Wednesday on 103.6FM Tameside Radio (repeated Friday 9-11pm) and On Demand at tamesideradio.com. More rock news at therockzone.net. Twitter @tamesiderock

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