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The Darkness
The Darkness is the fifth album released by KingCobraJFS in September of 2012. it is nearly five hours long and consists of 28 tracks.
Background and Production
Much like every other album, The Darkness is a cornucopia of ava-grande incoherency recorded in a dark room on a poor iMac microphone. However, this album can be noted by it's darker tones (hence the name) and it's longest album length to date. As far as mental illness goes, this album is a pretty odyssean venture and I think that's largely the point.
Music and Lyrics
This album features topics such as STDs, Josh's obsession with Cradle of Filth, Josh's dislike of relationships with women, his persistent anger issues, his frequent need to want to fuck everything that walks and his poor relationship with his father. On the track “Daddy Dearest” you can hear a recording of Clint actually crying and speaking to Josh about how violent he is with women in Grand Theft Auto. While it's a sad thing to hear, it's actually a pretty poignant use of something real and emotional which is something celebrated music artists have used for a number of decades to illicit tears or anger.
Track Listing
All music written by Joshua “KingCobraJFS” Saunders.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Darkness | 5:46 |
| 2 | Love Itch | 3:38 |
| 3 | Reality | 5:47 |
| 4 | Nymphetamine Addiction | 7:22 |
| 5 | My Sunshine | 7:03 |
| 6 | Can't Trust Love | 8:03 |
| 7 | Black Rose | 6:42 |
| 8 | Emotion | 20:46 |
| 9 | Going Insane | 19:18 |
| 10 | Pain | 12:54 |
| 11 | Guilt | 11:27 |
| 12 | Vampire Love | 8:28 |
| 13 | Blue Diamonds in the Mist | 5:46 |
| 14 | Dark Side of Love | 6:40 |
| 15 | Magical Women | 5:18 |
| 16 | Smoking That Sweet Grass | 17:30 |
| 17 | Rain Storms in My Head | 6:42 |
| 18 | Summer Rain | 15:44 |
| 19 | Clash | 11:26 |
| 20 | Descending | 12:36 |
| 21 | Toxic | 11:40 |
| 22 | Crazy | 13:52 |
| 23 | Daddy Dearest | 9:02 |
| 24 | Cold | 12:08 |
| 25 | Ring Your Bells All Night Long | 6:00 |
| 26 | Razor | 4:16 |
| 27 | Shadows | 16:45 |
| 28 | Black | 12:54 |
Reception and Criticism
Cobra's tracks are traditionally not very audibly appealing, it is quadrupled when they are sometimes 20 fucking minutes long and contain nothing but his half coherent drunken rambling about whatever dark shit can think of and his love of weed. This whole album is a juvenile slog and probably the worst of them all. I'd give it a 9/10.
The Darkness currently sits at a 3.98/5.00 on RateYourMusic.
The album has since been uploaded to YouTube where it can be listened to for free. All parts can be located in this playlist.