Image: Dayseeker [Official Press Photo, Max Baker]
After their last studio album Dark Sun was released in autumn 2022, Dayseeker have now once again released their new and overall sixth album Creature In The Black Night right in time for autumn – more precisely on October 24, 2025. And the new work fits perfectly into this season, with eleven melancholic tracks that consistently follow one cohesive atmosphere.
The album opens right away with the powerful atmosphere of “Pale Moonlight” – melodic clean vocals paired with dark, emotional lyrics. It is the perfect preview of the rest of the record, as the calm and carried passages as well as the metalcore riffs and a few screams accompany the listener through all the following tracks. However, the album can just barely be classified as melodic metalcore – breakdowns and screams by vocalist Rory Rodriguez are used rather sparingly. Synth sounds, emotional clean singing, and poppy alternative rock influences are definitely in the foreground.
The moody tone continues with the title track and especially in the lyrically and musically heavy “Soulburn”, which, however, skillfully transitions into the following, heavier “Bloodlust”. The biggest vibe change in the tracklist, before it returns directly to the base sound of the record with “Cemetery Blues” and also concludes this way with “Forgotten Ghost”.
Creature In The Black Night delivers a consistently cohesive sound experience – no sudden surprises or tracks that stand out from the melancholy much. For everyone still looking for the perfect soundtrack for autumn, this is probably the single right work, and those who loved the softer sound of Dark Sun can equally let themselves fall into the immersive and homogeneous atmosphere. However, for fans of the heavier predecessors like Sleeptalk and especially Origin and even earlier albums, it might feel a bit too far removed from the original core sound – and on the last tracks perhaps a bit lengthy if you don’t fully embrace it.
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