Dark Chapel

Dark Chapel is the heavy rock vehicle led by guitarist, singer, and producer Dario Lorina, with Brody DeRozie on guitar, Mike Gunn on bass, and Luis Silva on drums. Spirit in the Glass puts Lorina's guitar voice at the center: thick riffs, blues-bent phrasing, careful melodic leads, and a tone that favors weight over flash even when the solos open up. The album's strongest songs move between sludgy groove and dark hard rock songcraft, using grunge-shaded vocals and heavy choruses to give the material a brooding shape. "Glass Heart" and "Hollow Smile" show the band's knack for cinematic hooks, while "Corpse Flower" leans into ominous imagery and heavier stomp. The quieter turns, including "Dead Weight" and "Dark Waters," reveal how much atmosphere matters to the project; the acoustic and piano textures deepen the mood rather than functioning as simple breaks from volume. Dark Chapel's sound is rooted in riff authority, but it is also melodic and carefully arranged, balancing muscular guitar work with shadowed restraint.