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DARSOMBRA is a mind-melting audio-visual experience that shreds your soul's armor and blasts you into outer space. Your guide is "future cult leader" Brian Daniloski, who navigates a space shuttle of sound with his guitar, voice, and the leviathan power of multiple effects pedals and amps--while Ann Everton visualizes the journey and projects her vision through the observation window behind the wizard Daniloski.  Apparently, "Daniloski" is Polish for "from Meatjack", which is one of the bands in which Brian cut his teeth.  Everton has been a video artist since her formative days of slavishly representing her world to others so they can accompany her on her motley adventures.  Come travel to other planets with DARSOMBRA--without even having to leave Earth!

"There's a great deal of melancholic, mesmeric beauty in Darsombra's isolationist grinding and evil ambient shimmer. Simply glorious, it's Riley or Reich from a psychdronedoom perspective or perhaps krautrock's Achim Reichel & The Machines playing Black Boned Angel!? Imagine Expo '70 cloaked in black, performing a seance with Tony Conrad and Lustmord and you'll have an idea of how much we must like this!"
- Aquarius Records (Record of the week September 20, 2008)

"Darsombra takes the multiple overdubbing of guitar drones to near orchestral extremes. On "Auguries" and "Night's Black Agents" his stacked guitar lines hover and tremble like strings, the complex weaving and reweaving of their oppressive cluster chords more reminiscent of Penderecki or Gorecki than any obvious metal reference points. "Drops of Sorrow" uses the brief starburst sound of overtone harmonics to build a shimmering space you might expect in Steve Reich or Terry Riley. "Lamentings/Auguries" has the same airless atmosphere of tightly controlled guitar tones being brought into reaction under laboratory conditions that Robert Fripp's Frippertronics releases tend to exhibit."
- WIRE

"Daniloski's range is impressive; unlike most drone projects, which often reveal their nature at the outset, Eternal Jewel is ever-changing. Daniloski fills in the spaces with oozing, buzzing malevolence. It's information-rich and requires active listening."
- Decibel

"If 2005's "Ecdysis" signaled mankind's damnation, Eternal Jewel is the day after. Less cacophonous than its predecessor, the drumless instrumental album is stark yet human, fluid yet polarizing, and firmly planted in minimalist composition. Manipulating his baritone guitar, effects pedals and ambience to beautiful effect, Daniloski creates a leitmotif-laden, sci-fi-ready suite in 40 minutes across five tracks. An outstanding art record that's as rewarding as it is demanding."
- Metal Maniacs