DARIUS
VOIR

Following the releases of «Grain» and «Clôture», Darius' third opus «Voir» lives up to their reputation. After heading to Laval (FR) to meet with young producer Amaury Sauvé (Birds in Row), the five Fribourgers came back with a massive record whose overview is worthy of a CinemaScope western. Their twenty-two guitar strings compose a surprising orchestral landscape that masterfully oscillates between abstract noise rock and instrumental post-rock. Their playing has refined although it hasn’t soothed; Darius’ formula stays the same. Being poles apart from effects, manners and make-up, these five lads play for the sake of passion, honor and camaraderie. A beautiful live band to be taken in the face, with open arms, calm breath and a battling heart. 

Three guitars - what do they use them for ? Crushing sonic waves of instrumental grandeur. Darius manage orchestral songs without pompousness. Raw riffs. Simple and repetitive chords you wanna play with too much excitation. Riffs that hurt your wrist and cover your guitar with blood. Riffs that once layered form an atypical, choral and fairly violent heavy instrumental rock. Like a big cake, made of real and healthy ingredients, nutritive, fat as fuck and surprisingly digest.

They shared the stage with bands like Meshuggah, Deftones, Wang Wen, Toundra, Long Distance Calling, Jambinai and... Henri Dès at festivals like Rock Oz'Arènes, Rock Altitude, Hummus Fest, etc. This led them to record GRAIN (Hummus Records, 2015), CLÔTURE (Cold Smoke Records & Czar of Revelations, 2018) and their very new album VOIR (Hummus Records, 2020) produced by Amaury Sauvé (Birds in Row, Death Engine, The Prestige).