Artist: Darkyra
Release Title: Life Force
Label: Battlegod Productions
Cat #: BP057
Year: 2025
Duration: Album
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak 

Life Force is the third full-length studio album from the Australian Symphonic metal band Darkyra

"Life Force is a contemplative album full of rich musical tapestries and opposing forces, much like its album cover; it is powerful, imbued with a sense of passion that is contagious, and all delivered with musical aplomb" - Metal Roos

"Just as this album maintains a solid center of gravity, firmly anchored in clear structures and powerful riffs, it also knows how to create spaces of suspended time, where the symphonic aspect doesn't seek immediate impact, but rather opens the doors to contemplation." -Dargedik

Life-Force is a collection of songs based around both the light and dark aspects of human nature, It is a walk through an eclectic mind, cinematic storytelling driven by the push pull of good and evil, the inner and outer demons, slaves to a virtual world yet there are those still willing to give it all for a Celebrity Smile.

The Darkyra sound is quite diverse, combining Cinematic Metal, Epic Metal, Gothic Rock, Art Rock, Opera Metal and Progressive Rock and blending both soaring operatic vocals and rock vocals. Memorable melodies, world-class production and world-class musicianship.

Darkyra has many influences, some of these being Kate Bush, Devin Townsend, and Tarja Turunen, though preferring not to be pigeonholed into any one category but rather letting the mood predict the outcome and the voice narrate the many characters within each song. A few things are different on this album: the vocals are set further in the mix to give it more of a rock style edge and the music is less dominated by keyboards and synth. Part of their aim was to capture the essence of 80's rock and combine it with gothic and progressive rock, but emphasise the bass and low tuned guitars to still keep a semi metal sound. Lots of vocal layering.

​​Featuring a long cast of extraordinary musicians and collaborators from around the globe.

Recommended if you like: Edenbridge, Epica, Nightwish, Tarja, Xandria, Sirenia, Visions of Atlantis, Leaves' Eyes

Track List:
1. Life Force
2. Take Me Far Away
3. Breathe
4. All In Good Time
5. One Foot In The Grave
6. Tomorrow Without You
7. Quiet The Mind
8. Leap Before You Die
9. Tested The Water (Bonus track)
10. Celebrity Smile