About CRIME and the Forces of Evil, in three lengths.
All contents (C)2010 Dara Korra'ti/Crime and the Forces of Evil

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Rage-driven acoustic elfmetal, deeply metaphorical but brutally direct.

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Dara Korra'ti, solo musician and also leader of the band CRIME and the Forces of Evil, performs a collection of original songs she describes as "rage-driven acoustic elfmetal" and music about pirates, booze, and riot from the maritime provinces of Atlantic Canada. She's not afraid to blend languages, themes, instruments, or a musical heritage as mixed as her own. A former superhero who refused to change with the world, her alter-ego Solarbird the Lightbringer rages against the fall of night in a mix of brutally direct and deeply metaphorical language. Can you tell them apart?

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When the highest ethic is expediency, when the highest goal is power, when the torturers, murderers, and thieves seize the world and proclaim themselves the new good, who and what, exactly, are those now declared outside the law?

CRIME and the Forces of Evil are a band of former superheroes who are now supervillains, a change wrought not by their own actions, but by the inversion of the world around them. Dara Korra'ti - a.k.a. Solarbird, the Lightbringer - is bandleader and solo artist, performing a collection of original songs best described as "rage-driven acoustic elfmetal," as well as traditional songs about pirates, booze, and riot from the maritime provinces of Atlantic Canada. 

These rages against the falling of the night - told in a mix of brutally direct and deeply metaphorical language - form the core of the band's songs. Unafraid to merge languages, themes, and a musical heritage as mixed as her own, Dara throws keys and instruments around like naughty little creatures they are. People say she sounds kind of like Led Zeppelin - a version with a big, sharp axe to grind. Chop chop!

---- Review highlights:

"will light a fire under you:"
    "Dick Tracy Must Die -- the newest CD by Crime And The Forces Of Evil:
    Purity and edge; technical prowess and a kick-ass attitude... this disc
    will light a fire under you! Check it out!"
        -- Heather Dale of The Heather Dale Band

"totally raving about it all morning:"
    "[CRIME and the Forces of Evil] did a House Concert out here, and
    totally rocked the house. And I mean rocked. It took me a long time
    to come down enough to drift off to sleep, with Stars still running
    through my head, and I'm still bouncing from it [...] When I went in
    to Blackbird [Cafe] to get Elixer this morning, I had people telling
    me they were bummed they'd missed it; the people who had been there
    were totally raving about it all morning [...] this was kind of in
    the same ballpark as having Lemmy or someone show up and do a set
    in the living room."
        -- Westrider, on Livejournal

"lustrous, hard, and pure:"
    "[Dick Tracy Must Die is] outstanding... these birds are grown up and fly
    on their own... different, interesting, and independent at its core...
    biting insight and subtle wit... sincere and reasoned tenderness...
    Nothing's wasted here. ... I can't find a single [song] I dislike. ...
    The territory covered is impressive. I have yet to tire of it. The group
    characterizes itself as acoustic elf-metal. I would venture to say their
    sound is better described as acoustic elf-chromeâ - lustrous, hard, and
    pure."
        -- Paul Fergus, of Diamond Island

"a big rocking thing that rocks:"
    "Dick Tracy Must Die is one of the most unique things I've heard... I
    could talk about how awesome the drums sound, I could talk about how
    cool the very idea of mandolin thrash metal is, I could talk about
    how beautiful Let Me Help is or how creepy Artefacts You'll Never
    See is... but I'm not going to do any of that. Instead, I'm just
    going to say this: Dick Tracy Must Die rocks like some sort
    of big rocking thing that rocks."
        -- Gifted Gear, of COMA Music Magazine

"hard-core folk for the 21st century:"
    "Hard-core folk for the 21st century. Vocals even more interesting
    than Joanna Newsom. You ever want some coldwave/electro beats down
    behind your acoustic stylings, you just let Vostok Lake know,
    sistah."
        -- Daphne Lawless, of Vostok Lake