Darkwater

Darkwater are a progressive metal quintet from Sweden whose intensely melodic signature is given form in intricate, hooky compositions, though the soaring clear tenor vocals of guitarist Henrik Båth have always set them apart from their European peers. Darkwater records only sporadically; they labor over what ends up on albums for years -- the gap between the acclaimed Where Stories End and Human was nearly a decade. Their twin guitar- and keyboard-driven attack is lush, balancing heaviness with an orchestral sense of drama more often than not. Darkwater formed in 2003 in wes...