electronic press kit - bio
darsombra is the solo experimental outing of Baltimore's Brian Daniloski (Meatjack, Trephine & Suckpig). With darsombra, Daniloski finds the balance between beauty and darkness. Crushing hums and lulling drones laid out by an arsenal of guitars (standard 6-string, baritone and 8-string bass) provide the foundation, as Daniloski layers on ethereal soundscapes, sculpted feedback and manipulated field recordings.
darsombra has released the full length CD, "ecdysis" (At A Loss Recordings, 2006), the limited edition 3" CDEP, "deliriums & death" (Public Guilt, 2007) and is featured on the 3 CD, 55 artist experimental box set "untitled" (Epicene Sound/Underadar/Public Guilt) alongside Thurston Moore, Dead Machines, Burning Star Core, etc.
darsombra's 2nd full length CD Eternal Jewel will be released in March 2008 on Public Guilt. Daniloski will be touring the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in April. More tours are in the works for the rest of the year.
Eternal Jewel press onesheet pdf from Public Guilt here.
darsombra's unique blend of experimentation, melody and doom-laden heaviness allows him to comfortably fit on a wide variety of bills, from experimental to psych to metal to indie. Through a steady stream of touring darsombra has shared the bill with Mastodon, High on Fire, The Thrones, Growing, Othrelm, Torche, Don Caballero, Today is the Day, Jucifer, Stinking Lizaveta, Prurient, Infidel? Castro!, Destructo Swarmbots, Ostinato, Misery Index, Skeleton Key, Dysrhythmia, Floor, Rwake, Ahleuchatistas, Minsk, Black Cobra, Carlos Giffoni, Mouth of the Architect and many others. darsombra was featured at the Doom or Be Doomed Festival (Baltimore, MD, 2007) and the 804noise Festival (Richmond, VA, 2006).
"Anytime we find a disc where one track sounds like 20th
century classical meets Melvins and another like the labored,
ritualistic breathing of some sort of demonic creature, and it's metal
but not really, and kinda pretty too, well, there's only one way to
end the review: recommended."
-Aquarius Records
"darsombra sounds like a more actualized micro-metal experiment than
the likes of droney-come-latelies SunnO))) and Growing...what
separates darsombra from the current crop of Earthshakers is the way
Daniloski moves the EQ from bass to treble without compromising his
vision. darsombra balances both blacks and whites for the greys drone
metal fans need."
-CMJ
artist
links: label links: publicity:
darsombra.com
myspace.com/darsombra
Public Guilt
At A Loss Recordings
EarsplitPR