It is so wet outside that there was no way I was going to take my little one-year-old out, so he is currently crawling around the floor with toys, and I am dipping into my reviews in-tray.
“Dan Cole is a guitarist from the north of England composing, recording and producing progressive metal/djent with ambient and post rock elements since 2008. Since 2018, Dan has released music under the name Fractures in the Sky. Predominantly instrumental, he has collaborated with vocalist Dani Bentham on the double album ‘The Otherside’.
Dan prides himself on using sounds and instruments to create soundscapes that help along the story and drive the melody of the music. Due to commitments in power metal band Warlock A.D. Dan took a break from Fractures but is now back with his newest release ‘Metalheart’. An Argent metal story about a serial killer in a world where technology has given humans a new way of living. The album combines his influences of progressive metal with the audio storytelling of interactive entertainment.
Alongside Fractures, Dan has released covers of TV/Film/Video Game music. He has also scored music for short films, played a session musician covering multiple genres and also produces and engineers for artists.”
My review:
This was released December 12, so is out on all platforms now.
If you like fast, heavy and slick power-instrumentals with an industrial metal edge then this one is for you. Words that came to mind when I was listening were dystopian and industrial wilderness (okay the second one was two words, but…). It’s like a sound track for a character running through an abandoned city scape, futuristic, sort of Star Wars abandoned planet feel. You get the gist – it’s metal for movies. Dan Cole definitely knows what he is doing and in the latter stretches there is a distinctive melody driving the car.
Overall, Living Human Doll feels less like a single and more like a scene pulled from a much bigger film. It’s immersive, muscular, and thoughtfully constructed, the kind of track that rewards headphones and a bit of imagination. Fractures in the Sky is world-building with distortion pedals.
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You can stream music from Fractures in the Sky here
By Stevie Ritson