So what's supposed to be the work of a world-shattering band is actually sixty minutes of awful melodic death/black metal clustered in terrible keyboards and some rhythm sections that have a power metal tint.Calling it a Dimmu Borgir accolade wouldn't be a far cry because it (a) sounds like Dimmu Borgir and (b) is practically a tribute album, with all the poor riffing and redundancy of a group trying to be their main influence. You get your tasteless death metal riffs, tremolo picking droops, indiscriminate rhythms, elevator keys, guttural growls...you know, the works, if the works sucked, that is. Demonic Resurrection sets the bar to a new low with clean vocals which are so clearly auto-tuned the record might as well been produced by Ke$ha. They should change their name to Demonic Re$urrection and just get it done with.

Amazingly, Demonic Resurrection is often considered to have progressive tendencies. Is that a joke? There's nothing remotely progressive about "The Return to Darkness." Cheap keyboards layered over generic Dimmu Borgir-ish litter? Nah, not really. Guitar parts that mirror power metal in the vein of Dragonforce? Sorry, thanks for playing. Multiple vocal styles? Cyinc called, they want their innovation back. Seriously though, this sucks. It takes very little to nab an idea here, an idea there, and then paste the parts together sloppily and call it revolutionary. Not to mention it carries on for over an hour of the
same waste shoved done a different pipe. Overall, I have nothing but terrible adjectives to throw at this obsolete garbage.

These dudes couldn't write a decent song if internet porn depended on it. Hell, same goes for producing anything memorable. "The Return to Darkness" goes nowhere after bouncing around for way too long with Demonic Resurrection's overblown, pretentious showboating, and I'm left wondering why. Why in the world is this considered so wonderful? I think I've had my fill of this crap after an hour of the generic riffs, monotone growls, auto-tuned singing, pompous anthems, Fisher Price keyboards, and bland melodic death/blackmetal which controls the album and brings nothing enjoyable or fresh to the table. My advice: don't get suckered into the vacuum of groundless excitement wallowing in Demonic Resurrection. "The Return to Darkness" is a big joke, and not one I'm willing to hear again.