Gravehead

Things start off on a bad foot. "The Time Spool" has some interesting riffing in it, but overall the feel is almost happy. Not a good thing when Grenouer's concerned. The second song, "Under the Dome of Heaven" starts off kind of weak, with some acoustics and clean vocals (heavily accented), but then they hit back in the same style as on their first album. There's a really dark section in this song, with the drums playing a weird style, and the guitars playing a really simple riff over it, but it's got a great feel to it. "Alone In The Dark" is not a Testament cover, but a slow song. It's got a dark feel to it, but it sure doesn't live up to the rest of the songs on here, because it's a total departure from what Grenouer normally does. Sort of like "Planet Caravan" meets "Nothing Else Matters," except there is some screaming and growling when they choose to use electric guitars. At least they do use some death metal vocals on it.
I really like some of the ideas they tried out on here, but some just sound too damn happy. Otherwise, it's almost prog-death in places, just due to the sheer number of different riffs they use, but Grenouer hasn't lost their brutal edge. Some parts sound like Massacre, some like Death, and some like Metallica. The lack of consistency is kind of unsettling, because that was one of the elements that helped define the band on their previous outing, Border of Misty Times. If you can handle some experimentation in your death metal, you'll probably enjoy this. If not, check out Border of Misty Times.
I guess that after this album they went into a death n' roll style. I hate death n' roll, so I won't be buying any more Grenouer albums until I hear that they've gone back to their roots.