For fans of Tampa, Florida metal band Dark Sermon, the band has sadly taken an undetermined hiatus, after releasing two successful records – 2015’s The Oracle helped get the band on numerous North American tours that also buoyed a passionate fanbase in their hometown. For a band that changed their name once and played a hybrid form of black/death metal that was clearly pretty extreme, they accomplished a heck of a lot, whether they play music again or not.
That being said, vocalist Johnny Crowder is clearly not done with music – not even close. His new project, Prison, is a more alt-metal styled project that shows the battle with the inner demons and emotions many people deal with in life. If a prison is a place where you feel trapped, the band’s new song embodies that pretty well. Initial single “The Knife and the Dying Dream” is a solid distillation of the band’s sound, which might remind listeners of Korn, Coal Chamber, and more modern alt-metal like Sylar. The band’s EP, N.G.R.I., drops June 9th. Get ready.
