Bereavement

Most of the time when I hear about this band (which is rarely, because they suck) I often hear people babbling on about how the bassist is in Nunslaughter. Wow, the bassist is in Nunslaughter, now this band doesn't such anymore (just kidding, they still suck). I have absolutely no problem whatsoever with Nunslaughter, but I do however; have a problem with this ridiculously premature Cannibal Corpse sundae with Dark Tranquillity sprinkled on top.

Taking that last sentance (combining Dark Tranquillity and Cannibal Corpse), you would think this band would be extremely interesting. In fact, you would be wrong. This band is not even remotely interesting. Let me tell you why...

Things repeat over and over and over again. At the beginning of each song, a riff is played. I have no problems with these riffs (which actually sound good at the beginning) until they are played and repeated several tens of times after and foremost across the lengths of five to six and a half fucking minutes. Never in my life have I been so bored from listening to a death metal band to scared to become a black metal band. If this band is going to sound good, they are going to need to evolve their riffs into a more progressive type, and pick one god damn style. This reminds me of post-deathcore bands like The Black Dahlia Murder who can't make up their minds about what kind of vocals should be portrayed. That's just me though, if you like vocal styles being switched around a lot, then this album is for you. (Haha, just kidding. This band would still suck).

I picked up this album because of the cover, which shows some naked people wrapped entirely in barbed wire trying to eat barbed wire from a demonic lord-like creature. I thought, "Hey, this looks like some pretty brutal death metal. I'll check it out!" I turned out to be wrong. Never judge an album or book by its cover, because it could suck. In this case, From The Depths sucked, extremely.